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Tropical Storm Rafael forms in Caribbean, set to strengthen into hurricane

nbcnews.com — November 5, 2024, 12:02 AM UTC

Tropical Storm Rafael formed in the Caribbean on Monday and is expected to become a hurricane by Tuesday. It is currently about 175 miles south of Kingston, Jamaica, with winds of 45 mph, moving north at 9 mph.

A tropical storm watch has been issued for the lower and middle Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas. The Cayman Islands are under a hurricane warning, while Jamaica has a tropical storm warning. Cuba has issued a hurricane watch for several provinces.

Rafael is forecast to bring heavy rainfall, with 3 to 6 inches expected across the western Caribbean. Flooding and mudslides are possible in Jamaica and Cuba. The storm is projected to approach the U.S. later this week.

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    Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm, heads toward Gulf of Mexico (benzinga.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael moves into Gulf of Mexico after causing power outages in Cuba (gazette.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael causes nationwide blackout in Cuba (inquirer.net)
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    Hurricane Rafael causes nationwide power outage in Cuba (bbc.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael forms in the Caribbean and heads toward Cuba with uncertain Gulf path (theadvocate.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael makes landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm (nbcnews.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Cuba, impacting potential Tropical Storm Sara (newsweek.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 3 near Cuba with warnings in effect (forbes.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Cuba (gazette.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba with landfall expected Wednesday (abc7ny.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael intensifies and heads toward U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production (oilprice.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael intensifies as it approaches Cuba, expected to make landfall as Category 2 storm (gazette.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael intensifies as it approaches western Cuba and the Cayman Islands (newsweek.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Gulf of Mexico (news.yahoo.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba and southern Florida (edition.cnn.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in Caribbean, threatens Cuba as hurricane (pennlive.com)
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    Cuba issues hurricane alert as tropical storm Rafael approaches after Oscar's damage (news.yahoo.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may threaten US Gulf Coast (cnn.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean with uncertain path toward U.S. Gulf Coast (regina.ctvnews.ca)
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    Hurricane Rafael forms in Gulf of Mexico, marking rare November event (click2houston.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and is set to strengthen into a hurricane (spectrumlocalnews.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Cuba (gazette.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean with uncertain path toward US Gulf Coast (cnn.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean, likely to hit Cuba as a hurricane (abc30.com)
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    Tropical storm expected to strengthen and hit Cuba as hurricane (abc7.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael expected to strengthen and approach Cuba as hurricane (abc7chicago.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael likely to strengthen into hurricane and approach Cuba (abc13.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael likely to strengthen into hurricane and approach Cuba (abc7news.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael expected to strengthen and approach Cuba as hurricane (abc7ny.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael may bring strong winds to Florida Keys by Tuesday night (newsweek.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael likely to strengthen into hurricane and hit Cuba (apnews.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael expected to strengthen into hurricane, likely hitting Cuba this week (cleveland.com)
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    Cuba prepares for potential hurricane as power crisis continues (gazette.com)
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    Tropical storm expected to form and move into Gulf of Mexico as hurricane (tmj4.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean with potential impact on southeastern US (newsweek.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael may form today and move toward Florida (newsweek.com)
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