Rafael is now a hurricane with 75 mph sustained winds.

Hurricane Rafael is swirling past the Cayman Islands and is expected to rapidly intensify until making landfall in western Cuba, where it’s forecast to hit as a Category 2 hurricane.

At 100 AM EST (0600 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Rafael was located by an Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft and Grand Cayman radar near latitude 20.2 North, longitude 80.9 West. Rafael is moving...