Tropical Storm Sara is unleashing heavy rainfall in northeastern Honduras, with life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides anticipated this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center. Sara has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph as of Thursday night,

Tropical Storm Sara has formed in the Caribbean Sea and has begun lashing the sparsely-populated Caribbean coast of Honduras with heavy rain.

Tropical Storm Sara formed this afternoon and threatens to bring "life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides" to Honduras throughout the weekend, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. A turn toward Florida is still possible, forecasters said.