Royal Caribbean has changed the itineraries of four cruise ships in preparation for Hurricane Rafael, currently building up in the Caribbean region.
The intensifying storm is predicted to make landfall later this week as a Category 2.
As of Wednesday morning, Rafael was a Category 2 storm with winds of 110 mph – just 1 mph away from Category 3 status – and 130 miles from Cuba.
Models currently show Hurricane Rafael hitting Western Cuba later tonight, with high winds of over 100 miles an hour.
The hurricane is expected to continue to move toward the Gulf of Mexico and weaken before reaching the United States on Saturday or Sunday.
So far, four ships in the fleet have been affected by the storm: Radiance of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas, Vision of the Seas, and Brilliance of the Seas.
