Rafael has exceeded expectations and has now undergone a period of rapid intensification across the central and western Caribbean Sea. On Tuesday at noon ... Rafael will enter the eastern Gulf of Mexico, likely as a Category 2 hurricane (winds from ...

Hurricane Rafael, now a Category 2 storm, is moving westward across the Gulf of Mexico after causing significant damage in Cuba. The storm, which was 200 miles west-northwest of Havana and 215 miles west of Key West,

After blasting across western Cuba as a Cat 3, Rafael emerged into the Gulf of Mexico as a rare November Cat 2.