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Hurricane Rafael entered the Gulf of Mexico late Wednesday after making landfall in western Cuba earlier in the day. To the ...

The 1733 New Spain Fleet departed Havana en route to Spain on Friday, July 13. It was September. They sailed into a hurricane ...

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Dry Tortugas and the lower Keys may see storm surge and coastal flooding.

Encounter whales (and whale sharks, too) in quiet, relaxing destinations like the Maldives, Sri Lanka, the ice caps and Baja California Sur.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the lower and middle Florida Keys from Key West to west of the Channel 5 Bridge.

Hurricane Rafael formed in the northwestern Caribbean near the Cayman Islands on its way to making landfall in Cuba.