Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country's power grid.
It had maximum sustained winds of 115 m.p.h. (185 km/h) and was moving northwest at 14 m.p.h. (22 km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is bad news for Cuba, which is struggling ...
Meteorologists say Rafael could raise water levels by as much as 6 to 9 feet above normal tide along western Cuba, as well as hurricane force winds and intense rainfall. Parts of Jamaica and the ...