Tropical Storm Sara is here and closing in on Central America where it will unleash disastrous flooding rain in the region. It’s the first and potentially most serious threat posed by a storm that should enter the Gulf of Mexico next week.

Tropical Storm Sara was grazing the coast of Honduras on Friday, bringing torrential rain and the risk of life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across Central America. The Honduran authorities said they were bracing for a potentially “catastrophic event.”