Rafael is predicted to maintain a northwestward track across Cuba, then take a westward turn after it reaches the Gulf of ...

Philippe Papin was the forecaster on duty ... He spotted a low-level swirl, a tell-tale sign of a tropical storm. “It became pretty clear that a small circulation was developing,” he told ...

Philippe Papin was the forecaster on duty ... He spotted a low-level swirl, a telltale sign of a tropical storm. “It became pretty clear that a small circulation was developing,” he told ...

Tropical Storm Rafael gained hurricane status Tuesday ... with winds of more than 110 mph, wrote Philippe Papin, one of the center's hurricane specialists. The hurricane is forecast to drop ...