Tropical Storm Sara forms in the Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday, becoming the 18th named storm of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The system, previously called Tropical Depression 19, developed in the western Caribbean earlier this week and intensified while traveling westward on a path toward Central America.
Sara has sustained winds of 40 mph and is located around 50 miles northeast of the Nicaragua-Honduras border, moving west, the National Hurricane Center said in a 1 p.m. ET update. A weather system is considered a tropical storm when its wind speeds accelerate to at least 39 mph.
The storm is expected to linger in the Caribbean through the weekend and slowly move into the Gulf of Mexico early next week. After that, its path is less clear.CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said a lot of the models are now trending towards it dissipating either after it enters the Gulf of Mexico or over Mexico, but several still have it aiming towards Florida.
