Sara had weakened to a tropical depression by noon Sunday after hitting Belize as a tropical storm and dousing much of Central America with heavy rain, according to the National

Heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Sara is simmering down across northern Honduras, but the risk for catastrophic flooding continues to be a threat, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Sara was forecast to drop 10 to 20 inches of rain, with up to 30 inches in isolated areas in northern Honduras. In a 7 a.m. Eastern update, the hurricane center said "heavy rain, life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides" were possible through the weekend in Central America.