The National Hurricane Center has said "environmental conditions are very favorable for continued intensification." ...

Tropical Storm Rafael is gaining strength in the Caribbean Sea and is expected to become a hurricane soon, prompting ...

Rafael lashed the Cayman Islands in the western Caribbean with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday night, and the Category 1 ...

It was another stroke of bad news for Cuba. The Caribbean country has been struggling with blackouts while recovering from ...

Additional strengthening is forecast, with Rafael likely to hit western Cuba at or near major hurricane status on Wednesday.

Rafael was blowing maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph) after skirting past western Jamaica around mid-day. The ...

Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall in Cuba on Wednesday, according to ...

As of Tuesday morning, the storm was positioned 20 miles (35 kilometers) southeast of Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands.

"On the forecast track, Rafael is expected to move over western Cuba later today, and move into the southeastern Gulf of ...

Tropical Storm Rafael strengthened into a Category 1 Hurricane on Tuesday evening near the Cayman Islands, the National ...

Rafael continued to intensify on Tuesday night as it aimed to make landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 hurricane, forecasters ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Rafael strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Tuesday as it swirled past the ...