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Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Cuba

6abc.com — November 5, 2024, 11:01 AM UTC

Tropical Storm Rafael has formed in the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. It will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before likely hitting Cuba later this week.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for Jamaica, while a hurricane watch is active for the Cayman Islands and parts of Cuba. Evacuations are ongoing in eastern Cuba due to bad weather, affecting about 37,000 people.

Rafael is forecasted to bring 3 to 6 inches of rain, with localized amounts up to 9 inches. Flooding and mudslides are possible in affected areas. This storm follows Tropical Storm Oscar, which caused significant damage in Cuba last month.

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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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  3. [4.7]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 3 near Cuba with warnings in effect (forbes.com)
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  4. [4.0]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 3 as it approaches Cuba and the Gulf Coast (nypost.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 3 as it approaches Cuba (tmj4.com)
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  6. [4.2]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens and shifts path toward southern Texas (newsweek.com)
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  7. [3.7]
    Hurricane Rafael upgraded to Category 3 as it approaches Cuba (news.yahoo.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Gulf Coast (dailymail.co.uk)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 3 as Cuba prepares for impact (latimes.com)
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  10. [4.3]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Cuba (nydailynews.com)
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  11. [4.6]
    Cuba prepares for Hurricane Rafael as over 70,000 evacuate ahead of landfall (theguardian.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2, Cuba issues evacuation orders (firstpost.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael prompts storm surge warning for Florida Keys as it approaches Cuba (newsweek.com)
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  14. [3.9]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as it nears Cuba (pennlive.com)
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  15. [4.7]
    Hurricane Rafael intensifies as it approaches Cuba with 100 mph winds (edition.cnn.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Cuba (gazette.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as Cuba prepares for impact (nypost.com)
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  18. [4.8]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba with landfall expected Wednesday (abc7ny.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba with landfall expected Wednesday (abc7chicago.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba, landfall expected Wednesday (abc7news.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Cuba (cbsnews.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba with landfall expected Wednesday (abc30.com)
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  23. [5.5]
    Hurricane Rafael intensifies as it approaches Cuba, prompting evacuations and warnings (cleveland.com)
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    Hurricane Rafael intensifies as it approaches Cuba, evacuation orders issued (mlive.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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  26. [4.1]
    Hurricane Rafael intensifies as it approaches western Cuba and the Cayman Islands (newsweek.com)
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  27. [5.2]
    Hurricane Rafael intensifies as it approaches Cuba, evacuation orders issued (apnews.com)
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  28. [4.8]
    Hurricane Rafael intensifies and targets Louisiana coast for landfall this weekend (independent.co.uk)
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    Rafael strengthens to Category 1 hurricane as it approaches Cuba (pennlive.com)
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  30. [4.9]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Gulf of Mexico (news.yahoo.com)
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  31. [4.1]
    US issues travel advisory for Cuba as Hurricane Rafael approaches (masslive.com)
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  32. [3.6]
    Hurricane Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba and the Cayman Islands (newsweek.com)
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    Rafael becomes Category 1 hurricane near Cayman Islands (nbcnews.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba and Cayman Islands (gazette.com)
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  35. [4.8]
    Chances of Tropical Storm Sara forming increase as Rafael strengthens in the Caribbean (newsweek.com)
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  36. [5.6]
    Cuba prepares for hurricane Rafael as storm approaches island (cbc.ca)
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  37. [5.1]
    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba and could impact Florida Keys (tmj4.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba and could affect Florida Keys (wcpo.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba, evacuation orders issued (fastcompany.com)
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  40. [5.1]
    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean, expected to impact Gulf Coast businesses (benzinga.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it heads toward Gulf Coast with hurricane warnings in effect (forbes.com)
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  42. [5.2]
    Tropical Storm Rafael approaches Cuba after passing Jamaica, hurricane warning issued (abcnews.go.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens in Caribbean and approaches Cuba (theguardian.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael intensifies in Caribbean and approaches Cuba (news.yahoo.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael moves past Jamaica as Cuba braces for potential hurricane impact (gazette.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael approaches Cuba after passing Jamaica, hurricane warning issued (news.yahoo.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael expected to strengthen into hurricane as it approaches Cuba (newsweek.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael moves through Caribbean, may impact Gulf Coast this weekend (abcnews.go.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it approaches Cuba, hurricane warnings issued (news.yahoo.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael approaches Cayman Islands as Cuba braces for hurricane impact (thestar.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and heads toward the Cayman Islands (wmur.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and heads toward the Cayman Islands (wcvb.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Cuba (abc7news.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Cuba (abc7.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael heads for Cayman Islands and Cuba as hurricane warnings are issued (clickondetroit.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and threatens Cuba as a hurricane (abc30.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Cuba (abc7ny.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Cuba (abc13.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean and may strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Cuba (abc7chicago.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael strengthens as it approaches Caribbean and Florida (newsweek.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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    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in Caribbean, set to strengthen into hurricane (nbcnews.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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  73. [5.4]
    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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  78. [4.9]
    Tropical Depression 18 forms in Caribbean, may threaten US Gulf Coast next weekend (click2houston.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael may bring strong winds to Florida Keys by Tuesday night (newsweek.com)
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  80. [5.6]
    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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  82. [4.9]
    Cuba prepares for potential hurricane as power crisis continues (gazette.com)
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  83. [4.6]
    Tropical storm expected to form and move into Gulf of Mexico as hurricane (wcpo.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 may form and move into Gulf of Mexico as hurricane (abc15.com)
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  86. [4.8]
    Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean with potential impact on southeastern US (newsweek.com)
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  87. [5.3]
    Tropical storm likely to form in Caribbean, may strengthen into hurricane for Cuba (6abc.com)
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  88. [5.0]
    Tropical Storm Rafael expected to form in Caribbean and approach Cuba as potential hurricane (theadvocate.com)
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    Tropical Storm Rafael expected to strengthen into hurricane before hitting Louisiana (newsweek.com)
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    South Mississippi monitors tropical disturbance expected to strengthen into storm (news.yahoo.com)
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    Tropical storm expected to strengthen into hurricane and likely hit Cuba (clickondetroit.com)
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    Tropical storm expected to strengthen and likely hit Cuba this week (thestar.com)
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  93. [4.8]
    Tropical Storm Rafael may form today and move toward Florida (newsweek.com)
    2d 15h
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  94. [5.8]
    Weather system in Caribbean strengthens, hurricane watch issued for Cayman Islands (apnews.com)
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    Tropical disturbance in Caribbean expected to strengthen into hurricane before reaching Gulf of Mexico (nbcnews.com)
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  96. [5.0]
    Tropical storm and hurricane alerts issued for Jamaica and Cayman Islands (cnn.com)
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    Weather system in Caribbean strengthens, tropical storm warning issued for Jamaica (regina.ctvnews.ca)
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    Tropical disturbance in Caribbean likely to become Hurricane Rafael this week (news.yahoo.com)
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    Weather system in Caribbean likely to strengthen into tropical storm (cbsnews.com)
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    Weather system in southwestern Caribbean set to strengthen and move north this week (clickondetroit.com)
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    Weather system in southwestern Caribbean set to strengthen and move north (thestar.com)
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    Caribbean disturbance forecast to strengthen into hurricane as it heads for Gulf of Mexico (theadvocate.com)
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    Tropical storm Rafael may threaten US Gulf Coast later this week (news.yahoo.com)
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    Forecasters track two weather disturbances with one likely to strengthen in the Caribbean (pennlive.com)
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    Low pressure system in Caribbean may develop into Tropical Storm Rafael (newsweek.com)
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