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

Category 3 Hurricane Rafael made landfall Wednesday in western Cuba, before weakening as it headed toward the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center said in its 10 p.m. EST Wednesday update that the storm was located about 80 miles west-northwest off Havana and about 135 miles west-southwest off Key West in Florida.

Hurricane Rafael intensified on Wednesday as storm-battered Cuba prepares for landfall and U.S. officials watched for potential impacts.

Gusty winds and rain associated with Hurricane Rafael arrived in the Cuban capital of Havana on Wednesday, November 6, footage shows.According to the National Hurricane Center, Rafael made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in western Cuba on Wednesday afternoon,

Hurricane Rafael is barrelling toward Cuba and is forecast to make landfall in western Cuba as a major Category 3 hurricane

By Frances Robles Isabella Kwai and Claire Moses Hurricane Rafael arrived in Cuba on Wednesday afternoon, plunging the island into a power failure just before making landfall as a powerful Category 3 storm in the western Cuban province of Artemisa on Wednesday.

The hurricane is in rarified air for storms in November, but will be in much different shape as it approaches the US.