Hurricane Rafael, a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of over 100 mph, was moving through open waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning after making landfall in Cuba the night before.

Hurricane Rafael forecast to meander Gulf of Mexico after lashing Cuba with powerful winds, flooding rain. Fox Weather. As of the latest advisory from the NHC, Rafael is about 200 miles west of ...

Rafael is expected to track across the most narrow part of western Cuba, so it won’t spend a great deal of time there before emerging over the Gulf of Mexico by Thursday. Rare November hurricane ...

Here we go again. Another hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. But at least for the U.S., this storm will have a much different outcome than Beryl, Helene, and Milton. After becoming a hurricane near ...

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.

Rafael Weakens in the Gulf of Mexico The storm lost strength after slamming into Cuba last week as a Category 3 hurricane. Published Nov. 3, 2024 Updated May 1, 2025 ...

Rafael is expected to follow a northwestern path after leaving Cuba and "meander over the south-central Gulf of Mexico this weekend and early next week," the hurricane center said, adding that ...

Hurricane Rafael had regained some strength and organization by Thursday afternoon as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico after crossing Cuba and weakening the day before, according to the ...

RAFAEL'S HISTORY IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Rafael was named a Tropical Depression on November 4 at 10 a.m. when it was 310 miles southwest of Jamaica.

Hurricane Rafael was a Category 2 hurricane on Friday in the central Gulf of Mexico, but its track is still a head-scratcher. The National Hurricane Center said Rafael had 100 mph winds on Friday ...

Scenarios with this storm . Throughout Thursday and Friday, Rafael is forecast to continue on a west-northwesterly path through the open waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico, with average wave ...