Sara has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph as of early Friday morning, and further strengthening is possible in the coming days if the storm center largely stays offshore from Hon

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

A system over the western Caribbean Sea developed into Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday afternoon, and it is forecast to bring storm conditions to Central America and the Yucatán Peninsula. There remain signs that the storm could enter the Gulf of Mexico,