SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in northern Honduras late Thursday and threatened to dump torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico.

Sara hit land about 105 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduras-Nicaragua border, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

That is near Brus Laguna, a village of about 13,000 inhabitants. There are few other population centers nearby.

At 3 a.m. the storm was located about 65 miles east-southeast of Belize City in Honduras and moving west at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.

The storm was expected to remain roughly on that path before heading out to sea again and threatening the coast of Belize.

Sara was forecast to pass over or very near the tourist destination of Roatan off Honduras’ coast on Sunday.

It was then expected to turn northwesterly toward Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula.

— The Associated Press