Tropical Storm Sara is bringing life-threatening rain to Central America, and now the National Hurricane Center is reporting that winds with the storm have increased to 50mph. The storm is moving west and is expected to move inland,

Follow along here for the latest about Sara on Friday, Nov. 15. A weather system growing more powerful over the central Caribbean was designated Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday, becoming the 18th named storm of what has been a brutal hurricane season for Florida and the Southeast.

Storms so late in the season are rare. But Sara follows Hurricane Rafael, which pounded through the Caribbean last week and later fell apart in the Gulf of Mexico. Sara is the 18th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.