Hurricane Rafael swirled Friday through the Gulf of Mexico where it was expected to break apart after plowing through Cuba, knocking out the country's power grid and collapsing hundreds of houses.
On Friday morning, the now Category 2 hurricane was located 230 miles north-northeast of Progreso, Mexico. It had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph) and was moving northwest at 9 mph (15 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
