Rafael has dissipated in the Gulf of Mexico. It will go down tied with Hurricane Kate in 1985 as the strongest November storm in the Gulf of Mexico on record. It was the 17th named storm of the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rafael weakened Saturday to a tropical storm and was expected to dissolve over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane.

ATLANTA, Georgia — Rafael hit wind shear and dry air and rapidly weakened Friday evening. At 4 p.m., winds were at 100 mph. Then by 10 p.m., the winds had weakened to just 70 mph. Rafael ...

Hurricane Rafael remained a "powerful compact hurricane" as it slowly churned in the central Gulf of Mexico, U.S. forecasters said Friday. According to the latest update from the National ...

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, carrying sustained winds of up to 115 mph that brought down the island's electrical grid before the system headed to ...

Hurricane Rafael has turned to the west after lashing Cuba, where it knocked out the country’s electrical grid, leaving its 10 million residents in the dark. Rafael had strengthened to a ...

Cuba has been plunged into darkness after Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island as a Category 3 storm with sustained winds of 115mph (185kph). The country's electricity operator UNE said high ...

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Hurricane Rafael rapidly strengthened to a powerful Category 3 storm Wednesday afternoon as it struck Cuba — triggering a nationwide blackout — on a path that could threaten US states ...

Cuba was without power once again as strong winds from Hurricane Rafael disconnected the power across the island, the county's electric company said, weeks after another nationwide blackout.

Hurricane Rafael crossed Cuba and weakened to a Category 2 storm on Wednesday night. NHC Hurricane Rafael, a strong category 2 storm, has moved through Cuba on Wednesday night and is now heading ...