HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, plowing across the western part of the island shortly after powerful winds knocked out the country’s power grid.
Massive waves lashed at the shores of Havana as sharp winds and rain whipped at the city’s historic center, leaving trees littered on deserted streets on Wednesday evening.
Forecasters warned Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods to western swaths of the island after it knocked out power and dumped rain on the Cayman Islands and Jamaica the day before.
Rafael has strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead
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