Hurricane Rafael formed over the Caribbean Sea Tuesday evening and is expected to rip through portions of Cuba Wednesday as a Category 3 storm after rapidly intensifying over warm waters. But once the storm enters the Gulf of Mexico, hurricane forecasters ...

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, bringing sustained winds of up to 115 mph as it batters the already ravaged island before heading to the Gulf of Mexico and churning toward the U.

ToplineTropical Storm Rafael is expected to strengthen on Tuesday while becoming a hurricane over the western Caribbean as the storm heads northwest toward the Gulf Coast later this week, impacting the Florida Keys and other states,