According to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center, Rafael — now a Category 2, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph — is located about 200 miles west-northwest of Havana, Cuba, and is moving west-northwest at 9 mph. “A turn toward ...

Hurricane Rafael pulled away from Cuba Thursday morning after slamming into the island as a Category 3 hurricane and taking down its power grid. A significant shift in the storm’s forecast track means the threat to the US is dwindling,

Rafael dropped from a Category 3 hurricane to a Category 2 this afternoon as it continued moving northwest over Cuba.