Tropical Storm Rafael has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it swirled past Jamaica and chugged toward western Cuba ...

Rafael is the 17th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and it could become the 11th hurricane. The season lasts ...

Tropical Storm Rafael was rapidly picking up steam on Tuesday afternoon as it chugged toward the Cayman Islands in the ...

Tropical Storm Rafael is chugging toward the Cayman Islands and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane en route to Cuba ...

The storm is expected to continue strengthening is it moves to the northwest and will likely become a hurricane by early Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Rafael is continuing to strengthen and remains on track to become a hurricane as parts of the Caribbean prepare to be battered by damaging, hurricane-force winds, flooding rain and a ...

The National Hurricane Center said it expected "steady to rapid intensification" over the next 24 to 36 hours.

"Rafael is forecast to become a hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean," the NHC said. "With further strengthening before it makes landfall in Cuba." ...

Tropical Storm Rafael formed in the Caribbean on Monday, a storm that's predicted to intensify into a hurricane and threaten ...

Flooding rains, gusty winds, and coastal flooding are likely to impact millions of the Caribbean islands as Tropical Storm Rafael, the 17th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, picks up steam ...

Steady to rapid intensification is forecast over the next 24 to 36 hours, and Rafael is forecast to become a hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean.