The storm had weakened somewhat since making landfall Wednesday, and by Thursday it had changed directions over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and was moving away from Cuba, according to the ...

Editor's note: Hurricane Rafael has emerged in the Gulf of Mexico after making landfall in Cuba. Updates on this story have moved here. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Rafael made ...

Hurricane Rafael churned in the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, moving away from Cuba after pummeling the country with flooding rain and knocking out its vulnerable electrical grid.

Hurricane Rafael, still a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph, turned west-northwestward over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico after tearing across Cuba Wednesday, according to the ...

MIAMI – Powerful Hurricane Rafael slammed into Cuba as a major hurricane on Wednesday. The late-season tropical system has now emerged in the Gulf of Mexico, but the question now turns to where ...

Rafael entered the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday night after cutting through Cuba and will track west over the southern Gulf through the weekend. The storm will be in the Gulf for days, and won't ...

Rafael has weakened 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 MEXICO CITY -- Rafael weakened ...