Hurricane Rafael is expected to become a major storm later Wednesday before hitting Cuba and then exiting into the Gulf of Mexico.

Nov. 4, 6:05 a.m.: A Hurricane Warning was issued for the Cayman Islands. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.: Tropical ... of Brownsville, Texas. Alberto had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. The storm was moving ...

Hurricane Rafael will eventually make it into the Gulf of Mexico, but the atmosphere will be hostile for a tropical system near Texas.

A Texas port has closed to incoming vessel traffic in response to tropical storm Rafael, while some energy producers have evacuated employees.