Tropical Storm Sara formed this afternoon and threatens to bring "life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides" to Honduras throughout the weekend, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. A turn toward Florida is still possible, forecasters said.

MIAMI – A disturbance swirling over the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday has now been designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Nineteen, and forecasters say the system will likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara in the coming days. Some of those models show ...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Potential Tropical Cyclone 19, which could impact Florida sometime next week | See the latest:

Patience is the name of the game as we watch Potential Tropical Cyclone#19 meander in the Caribbean through the weekend. Whether or not it impacts the Gulf is TBD.

It is too soon to discuss any impacts that Florida could experience from Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 / Sara.

A tropical disturbance building in the Caribbean Sea has been designated as Potential Tropical Cyclone 19 by the National Hurricane Center, and is forecast to strengthen into a tropical storm – known as Tropical Storm Sara – over the next few days.

The National Hurricane center is tracking Potential Tropical Cyclone 19, which is expected to become Tropical Storm Sara on Thursday. It's moving west at 6 mph with winds of 30 mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has highlighted the area in the Western Caribbean as highly likely, 90%, for tropical development over the next 3-7 days.

Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday afternoon and is expected to curl into the Gulf of Mexico and steam toward Florida next week, though forecast models no longer anticipate it might power up to a major hurricane — if it even becomes a hurricane at all.

A disturbance swirling over the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday has now been designated Tropical Depression Nineteen, and forecasters say the system will likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sara later on Thursday.