Forecasters warned Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds, and flash floods to western swaths of the ...

Classes and public transport were suspended on parts of the island and authorities canceled ... Silvia Pérez, a 72-year-old ...

Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country's power grid.

The Category 3 storm knocked out the country's entire power grid just before making landfall, making it almost impossible for ...