- Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid The Associated Press
- Hurricane Rafael’s Path Has Shifted Wildly, According to Tracker Models Yahoo! Voices
- Rafael Takes Down Light Tower In Cuba The Weather Channel
- Hurricane Rafael is just a hair shy of becoming a major hurricane ahead of Cuba landfall Pensacola News Journal
- Where Rafael, now in the Gulf of Mexico, may go next The Washington Post