On Wednesday, Rafael made landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, causing another nationwide blackout, before moving towards the Gulf of Mexico. Rafael, which was a tropical storm Sunday morning, is expected to "meander over the central Gulf of Mexico ...

Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to dissipate in the Gulf of Mexico before it reaches land but could generate life-threatening rip currents along the Gulf Coast through the weekend, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday.

Rafael has weakened to a tropical storm and was expected to dissolve over the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days after barreling across Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane.