DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TropicalStormSara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TropicalStormSara</span></a> to unleash life-threatening <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAmerica</span></a></p><p>Tropical Storm Sara will bring an extreme risk to lives and property in Central America where feet of rain may fall before tracking toward <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> next week.</p><p>By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist</p><p>Published Nov 14, 2024</p><p>"Rain may pour down for days on the northern parts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nicaragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nicaragua</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Honduras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honduras</span></a> before shifting to eastern parts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guatemala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guatemala</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Belize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belize</span></a> and southeastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> this weekend. </p><p>"A general 8-12 inches (20-30 cm) will fall in this zone, but a large pocket of 12-18 inches (30-45 cm) of rain is forecast from northern Honduras and Nicaragua, with an AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 50 inches (127 cm).</p><p>"'This amount of rain will trigger major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlashFlooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashFlooding</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mudslides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mudslides</span></a> with the potential for catastrophic loss of life and tremendous damage,' AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathan Porter warned.</p><p>"Some communities could be cut off for days due to washed-out roads and bridges or blocked by debris flows. Demands for rescue and recovery efforts, as well as food and medical supplies, will be great in the wake of the storm in the region.</p><p>"Because of Sara's proximity to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caribbean</span></a> for several days, it will likely not unwind fully. As a result, winds, waves and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StormSurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StormSurge</span></a> will blast the coast of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Honduras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honduras</span></a>, eastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guatemala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guatemala</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Belize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belize</span></a> and Mexico's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yucatan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yucatan</span></a> Peninsula. Sporadic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PowerOutages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerOutages</span></a> are likely due to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StrongWinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrongWinds</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/tropical-storm-sara-to-unleash-life-threatening-flooding-in-central-america/1713878" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/hurricane/t</span><span class="invisible">ropical-storm-sara-to-unleash-life-threatening-flooding-in-central-america/1713878</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralAmericaWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAmericaWx</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWx</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeRains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeRains</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a></p>