Reshma Ragoonath

The Cayman Islands have been placed under a hurricane watch as of 4:30pm on Sunday as a system developing in the southwest Caribbean strengthens.

RCIPS Detective Constable Alan Sherwin distributes fliers to residents on Bronze Road Sunday night as investigators returned to the scene of the fatal shooting of Jamaican father-of-two Jason Johnson. - Photo: Reshma Ragoonath

Tropical Storm Rafael is strengthening and its latest projected path puts it closer to the Sister Islands on Tuesday, forecasters have said.

Reef divers dock sustained damage. - Photos: Reshma Ragoonath

Towering trees like this sea grape tree at the West End Cemetery in Cayman Brac were uprooted during Hurricane Rafael's passage on Tuesday night. - Photo: Reshma Ragoonath

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Tropical storm Rafael has formed about 395 miles south east of Grand Cayman and is expected to intensify into a hurricane on Tuesday.

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Local forecasters are projecting rainfall and rough seas in the Cayman area starting late Wednesday and increasing from Thursday through to the weekend as a system in the central Caribbean Sea continues to develop.