Hurricane RafaelRafael was upgraded into a hurricane on Tuesday, according to the NHC.Officials say the system could near major hurricane status before making landfall in western Cuba on Wednesday.

Rafael is expected to slam Cuba as a Category 2 storm. Currently located over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the NHC says Tropical Storm Patty is quickly losing its tropical characteristics.

The NHC formed a team to study the potential effects of moving up the season start date. The NHC has no plans to change the dates any time soon. "Named storms have formed prior to the official ...

Located 105 miles east of Grand Cayman, maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph. According to NHC, a northwestward motion is expected over the next few days. Sarasota residents receive ‘nasty ...

As Tropical Storm Rafael barrels across the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center predicts that powerful winds might impact the U.S. by Thursday night. The storm, which is expected to ...

According to NHC, Rafael is expected to move near western Jamaica this afternoon, and a northwestward motion is expected over the next few days. Sarasota residents receive ‘nasty’ letters from ...

The system is expected to move near Jamaica Monday evening, be near or over the Cayman Islands on Tuesday and approach Cuba on Wednesday, according to the NHC. Forecasters said Monday that "the ...

The next named storm of the season will be Sara. Here's the latest update from the NHC as of 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5: Special note on the NHC cone: The forecast track shows the most likely ...

As of the NHC’s 7 p.m. advisory, Rafael was located about 150 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica and 370 miles southeast of Grand Cayman moving north-northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained ...

A system in the Caribbean became Tropical Storm Rafael Monday and was expected to become a hurricane later in the week, forecasters said. Rafael had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph as it moved ...