Once a powerful Category 3 hurricane, Rafael has significantly weakened and downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico. See the latest:

Nov. 8 (UPI) --Rafael has weakened into a tropical storm as slowly moved in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday. In the 3 a.m. CST Saturday update from the National Hurricane Center, the 18th named storm of the Atlantic season had maximum sustained winds of 65 ...

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday and continues to move toward the northwest Thursday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center. The National Hurricane Center said at 4:15 p.