This GOES-East GeoGolor satellite image taken Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, at 1:03 p.m. EST and provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Tropical Storm Sara. (CIRA/NOAA via AP)
Republished November 14, 2024 - 7:37 PM
Original Publication Date November 14, 2024 - 10:01 AM
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in northern Honduras late Thursday and threatened to dump torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico.
Sara hit land about 105 miles (165 kilometers) west-northwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduras-Nicaragua border, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. That is near Brus Laguna, a village of about 13,000 inhabitants. There are few other population centers nearby.
The storm was forecast to drop heavy rain could lead to life-threatening flooding and landslides. It was later forecast to turn northwesterly toward Belize and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Mexican authorities warned it could cause “intense rains” over the resort-studded Yucatan peninsula.
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