The larger, 6.8-magnitude quake happened at 11:49 a.m. Cuba time about 24 miles south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, data from the ...

Parts of Cuba are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Rafael, a powerful Category 3 storm that ripped across the island and ...

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba Wednesday afternoon after it became a Category 3 hurricane earlier in the day.

The hurricane made landfall on the island on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing heavy wind and rain.

"Rafael is expected to continue to move away from western Cuba over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico," the National Hurricane Center predicts.

Rafael made landfall in Cuba on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, shortly after powerful winds knocked out the country’s power grid.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Cuba at 11:49am this morning. Preliminary damage assessments are now under way. According to the US Geological Survey, the strong shake was centred 24 ...

As it plowed across Cuba, the storm slowed to a Category 2 hurricane chugging into the Gulf of Mexico near northern Mexico and southern Texas, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Rafael is forecast to be near Category 3 strength as it makes landfall in Cuba on Wednesday before continuing on a path into the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center.