TROPICS: Hurricane Rafael moving slowly across Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Rafael has weakened as it moves over the central Gulf of Mexico.It had briefly become a major hurricane earlier this week before making landfall in Cuba. It emerged from the north side of ...
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Heavy Rainfall Forecast for Portions of Puerto Rico, USVI; Flash Flood Watch Issued
The National Weather Service (NWS) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has issued a Flash Flood Watch for areas of Puerto Rico and the ...
Meandering Hurricane Rafael will bring dangerous rip currents to Florida Panhandle
The National Weather Service office in Mobile/Pensacola warns of life threatening rip currents through early next week along ...
National Hurricane Center tracking Category 2 Rafael in Gulf, system in Caribbean
Some of the models suggest that Rafael may even do a small loop out in the Gulf. Meanwhile, a trough of low pressure near ...
Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way
In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, an engineer and policy ...
Rafael rips through Cuba before chugging into Gulf of Mexico: John Morales
Rafael brought a life-threatening storm surge, damaging hurricane-force winds, and flash flooding to parts of western Cuba as it made landfall in the province of Artemisa.
After slamming Cuba, Hurricane Rafael heads west across the Gulf of Mexico
On Wednesday, Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, knocking out the nation’s beleaguered ...
Hurricane Rafael forecast to strengthen to powerful Category 3 storm before hitting Cuba
Forecasters expected the storm to later weaken over Cuba before emerging in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane.
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Death of alien-hunting Arecibo Telescope traced to cable issues 3 years earlier, 'alarming' report finds
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I’ve Lived in the Caribbean for 8 Years, and These Are My Absolute Favorite Beaches
As a travel writer, I have spent time in stunning places all over the world—but I haven’t found any region that rivals the ...
Hurricane Rafael knocks out power to Cuba; forecasters puzzled by path
The hurricane center cautioned there is "larger-than-normal uncertainty regarding Rafael's intensity later in the forecast ...