Hurricane Rafael, now a Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, is turning west after regaining some strength.At 4 a.m. Friday, the center of Hurricane Rafael was located near latitude 24.5 North,

Hurricane Rafael has turned to the west after lashing Cuba, where it knocked out the country’s electrical grid, leaving its 10 million residents in the dark. Rafael had strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane before it made landfall in the Cuban province of Artemisa, and weakened to a Category 2 shortly after making landfall Wednesday afternoon.