Hurricane Rafael is a category 3 storm maintaining its strength with winds of 120 mph. It made landfall in Cuba as a category 3 storm Wednesday afternoon around 3:15 pm CT. It's forecast to weaken and move west through the Gulf.

There have already been storm impacts in the southeastern United States after Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba. See where the storm may go this weekend.

Tropical Storm Rafael is expected to dissipate in the Gulf of Mexico before it reaches land but could generate life-threatening rip currents along the Gulf Coast through the weekend, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Sunday.