Rafael, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, became a hurricane on Tuesday evening as it approached the Cayman Islands, the National Hurricane Center said. A Category 1 hurricane ...

Tropical Storm Rafael has intensified into a hurricane, posing a significant threat to the Cayman Islands and western Cuba. The storm is expected to bring damaging hurricane-force winds ...

Rafael became a hurricane as it approached the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night. And it’s expected to get stronger. The National Hurricane Center upgraded Rafael to a hurricane earlier Tuesday ...

Rafael was upgraded to a hurricane on Tuesday night and is set to pass over the Cayman Islands after it passed near Jamaica earlier in the day, according to the National Hurricane Center.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tropical Storm Rafael strengthened to near hurricane ... Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands on Tuesday after passing by Jamaica, where little damage was reported.

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Hurricane Rafael is passing through the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean and is forecast to rapidly intensify before making landfall in western Cuba, according to the U.S ...

Tropical Storm Rafael gained hurricane status Tuesday evening as it churned in the warm Caribbean waters on the way to the Cayman Islands and Cuba before heading for the Gulf of Mexico ...