Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday and continues to move toward the northwest Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. The National Hurricane Center said at 4:15 p.

Over 23% of crude oil production and 10% of natural gas output in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico was shut in by Hurricane Rafael, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said on Friday.

Hurricane Rafael swirled Friday through the Gulf of Mexico, where it was expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba, knocking out the country's power grid and collapsing hundreds of houses.On Friday afternoon,