Even without a landfall in Florida, the state is expected to feel some impacts from Rafael, starting as early as today.

Rafael made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday afternoon in western Cuba before weakening, the National Hurricane Center said.In an 8 p.m. update, the center said Rafael was moving over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico,

Hurricane Rafael made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, bringing sustained winds of up to 115 mph as it batters the already ravaged island before heading to the Gulf of Mexico and churning toward the U.