HAVANA -- HAVANA (AP) — Rafael strengthened Wednesday into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in ...

A hurricane warning is in effect for the Cayman Islands and the Cuban provinces of Pinar del Rio, Artemisa, La Habana, ...

The 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was gaining strength Tuesday morning after forming in the Caribbean.

Hurricane Rafael has strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it approaches the western coast of Cuba, according to the ...

according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph and was moving ...

The wild late-season storm — which intensified by 50 mph over just 24 hours — was less than 85 miles from the island and ...

Hurricane Rafael strengthened into a Category 2 storm on Wednesday just hours before it was forecast to make landfall on ...

It had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and was moving northwest at 14 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in ...

Hurricane Rafael has strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it impacts Cuba before moving into the Gulf of Mexico.

"There is high confidence that human-caused climate change has already increased the intensity of rainfall in the storms," an expert told Newsweek.