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    Sara is unlikely to hit the US as a hurricane – that doesn’t mean the Gulf Coast is safe

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    As Tropical Storm Sara has dissipated off the coast of northern Honduras, forecasters warned Monday that the dangers from the storm’s remnants off the Gulf Coast were not yet over.

    Sara is expected to bring flooding rains of up to 12 inches, wind gusts that could reach 60 miles per hour, fearsome currents, potential tornadoes and thunderstorms for Florida and other Gulf Coast states.

    Media forecasting company AccuWeather said the tropical rain storm’s landfall in Florida is likely to occur Wednesday morning, warning that the most likely location for severe weather is on the Florida peninsula.

    Sara will sail north towards the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. AccuWeather said moisture from the storm will bring heavy rainfall to the region.

    “Tropical Rain Storm Sara could cause flooding across the northern Gulf Coast Monday night through Tuesday night, with a broad swath of two to four inches from eastern Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle,” AccuWeather chief hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said in a statement.

    An aerial view of the Suyapa neighborhood, which was partially flooded this weekend after Tropical Storm Sara, in Potrerillos, Honduras. Sara, who has disappeared, moves towards the Gulf of Mexico.

    An aerial view of the Suyapa neighborhood, which was partially flooded this weekend after Tropical Storm Sara, in Potrerillos, Honduras. Sara, who has disappeared, moves towards the Gulf of Mexico. ((AP Photo/Moises Castillo))

    As Sara shifts to the northeast, strong winds will also blow.

    “Winds may gust up to 60 to 100 km per hour at times, with the highest gusts likely to be confined to the coast and coincide with heavier rain showers,” DaSilva said.

    In addition to thunderstorms and higher wind gusts, isolated tornadoes are also possible.

    A worker stands along a flooded river flooded by rain caused by Tropical Storm Sara in San Pedro Sula, Honduras over the weekend. Honduras could see more flooding on Monday. The US Gulf Coast could also feel the storm later in the week

    A worker stands along a flooded river flooded by rain caused by Tropical Storm Sara in San Pedro Sula, Honduras over the weekend. Honduras could see more flooding on Monday. The US Gulf Coast could also feel the storm later in the week ((AP Photo/Moises Castillo))

    Da Silva noted that there will also be a “dangerous rip current risk along the Gulf Coast Monday through Wednesday.” Rafael, the aforementioned storm, brought similar conditions to Texas and Florida a week ago.

    The system is also expected to bring another two inches of rain on Monday to Honduras, where major flooding occurred last weekend, trapping people in their homes and washing out roads. Sara had stopped there, slowly moving inland, dropping more than 40 inches of rain in some locations.

    Other parts of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo could see as much as two inches of rain.

    The storm was initially expected to develop into a hurricane, but that forecast quickly changed as it moved west into the western Caribbean Sea. Sara weakened after making landfall in Honduras and Belize.

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