A late-season tropical system swirling over the Caribbean Sea has become better organized and strengthened into Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday, and forecasters fear that the storm could unleash life-threatening and potentially catastrophic impacts in Central America,

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 could strengthen some in the next few days if it remains over water, off the coast of Honduras. The storm is expected to move west-northwestward by late Saturday, forecasters