Hurricane Rafael churned in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, moving away from Cuba after pummeling the ...

TRACKING HURRICANE RAFAEL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Rafael reached a Category Three hurricane status about 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. Rafael ...

If Rafael survives until next week and is pushed into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, it would be the first November storm to track that far southwest in the Gulf.

NWS meteorologist David Reese told Newsweek that the waves are caused by an increased swell from Hurricane Rafael, a Category 2 hurricane churning in the Gulf of Mexico ... can pull swimmers and ...

Hurricane Rafael is now expected to be the first hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico that won't make landfall in the U.S. this ...