With extreme weather conditions, people directly impacted by the pending situation need to know how severe it will be.

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

As Hurricane Rafael continued to barrel westward into the central Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, Texas appeared to be in its line of fire, but Houston and other Gulf Coast residents likely won’t be ...

Rafael was moving into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico early Thursday after making landfall Wednesday in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm. The National Hurricane Center said in its 4 a.m. EST ...

It had maximum sustained wind speeds of 30 mph and was traveling ... A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher on the ...

New video from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, known as CIRA, shows its treacherous journey — from ...

Currently, Rafael is situated 610 miles east of the Rio Grande, with maximum sustained winds reaching 120 mph ... achieving ...

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based only on a hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. This ...

Currently situated approximately 135 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida, Rafael remains a force to be reckoned with, as it continues to boast maximum sustained winds reaching 105 mph. The storm ...

The Saffir-Simpson Scale is used to measure the wind strength of tropical storms - the higher the category scale, then the more intense the tropical storm will be (and the stronger the wind). The ...

Hurricane Rafael, the latest in a record-breaking hurricane season, enters the Gulf as weary Gulf Coast residents brace for ...