BELMOPAN, Belize (AP) — Tropical Storm Sara neared landfall Sunday in Belize, where forecasters expect heavy rains to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides.

The center of the storm was expected to make landfall in Belize in the late morning or around noon, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. This comes after Sara submerged Honduras’ northern coast, where it has been at a standstill since Friday, causing rivers to swell and some people to be stuck at home.

Sunday’s Hurricane Center tropical storm warning included Honduras’ Bay Islands as well as the country’s northern coast, from Punta Castile to the Guatemalan border; the Caribbean coast of Guatemala; The coast of Belize and north to the coast of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, from Chetumal to Puerto Costa Maya.

The storm could drop up to 10 inches of rain on the area through early next week, with localized totals of up to 14 inches. The conditions “will result in areas of flash flooding, which may be significant, along with the potential for mudslides,” the Hurricane Center said.

“A storm surge could raise water levels by as much as 1 to 3 feet above ground level near and north of where downtown Sara intersects the Belize coast,” the center said Sunday. “Near the coast it will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.”