Since the 1950s, when the most reliable hurricane record-keeping began, Texas has never seen a named storm come ashore in ...

Rafael, the 17th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, continued to pick up steam Wednesday, strengthening into a major, Category 3 hurricane ahead of a western Cuba landfall. Life ...

This article originally appeared on Hattiesburg American: Hurricane Rafael becomes a major storm at category 3. Is ...

Rafael is expected to become a hurricane later today. The cone spread extends from the tip of the Florida Panhandle to the Texas/Louisiana border. The storm became a category 1 hurricane Tuesday ...

A system in the Caribbean became Tropical Storm Rafael Monday and was expected to become a hurricane later in the week, ...

(CNN) — Hurricane Rafael is rapidly intensifying in the Caribbean and is expected to become a Category 3 hurricane before it slams into Cuba Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, Rafael was a ...

At 3 p.m. CST, the center of Hurricane Rafael was located near latitude 24.6 North ... even if the system hasn't become an ...

The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Rafael grew into a major Category 3 storm Wednesday and made landfall in Cuba on its way into the Gulf of Mexico, while the Florida Keys remained under ...

This would eventually become Hurricane Rafael. At 4 p.m., Tropical Storm Rafael forms. A Tropical Storm Watch goes into effect for the lower and middle Florida Keys. Nov. 5 At 10 a.m., a tropical ...

Hurricane Rafael surged toward Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm. But it will soon weaken in the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters say, and could break apart or not reach the United States at all. The ...

Mississippi Emergency Management officials are warning Mississippi residents that Hurricane Rafael could possibly impact the state. A tropical storm warning was issued earlier Tuesday for the lower ...

Hurricane Rafael is strengthening Wednesday afternoon as it reached category 3 strength with sustained winds of 115 mph. Category 3 or higher storms are classified as major, meaning they have the ...