Cuba is reeling after a powerful Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and fierce winds knocked out the country’s power grid.

Hurricane Rafael rapidly intensified into a major category 3 storm in the Caribbean as it neared the western coast of Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said.

TRACKING HURRICANE RAFAEL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO Rafael reached a Category Three hurricane status about 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. Rafael ...

Powerful Hurricane Rafael slammed into Cuba as a major hurricane on Wednesday. The late-season tropical system has now emerged in the Gulf of Mexico, but the question now turns to where it is going ...