Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.T​he Atlantic hurricane season's 18th named storm, Sara, is likely to form in the western Caribbean Sea and might head toward the Gulf of Mexico next week,

Sara was forecast to drop 10 to 20 inches of rain, with up to 30 inches in isolated areas in northern Honduras. In a 7 a.m. Eastern update, the hurricane center said "heavy rain, life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides" were possible through the weekend in Central America.

A man stands next to his bicycle on a flooded road after the Arizona River overflowed its banks due to heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm Sara, in Tela, Honduras November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Marvin Valladares TELA,