Tropical Storm Sara scraped along northern Honduras' Caribbean coast early Friday, dumping torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico after making an initial landfall overnight. Sara hit land about 105 miles west-northwest of 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 a few other population centers nearby. By dawn, the center said the storm was about 205 miles east-southeast of Belize City and was moving west at 9 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. The storm was expected to remain roughly on that path before heading out to sea again and threatening the coast of Belize.

A woman tragically passed away in front of her husband after being struck by lightning during a mountain hike. The Argentinian couple were on holiday in the Red Valley, part of Peru's Cusco region, when a weather-related disaster struck. Gabriela Daiana Basallo, 32, was hit by lightning and instantly killed in front of her husband, Samuel Andres Sierra, who was said to have sustained serious injuries from the incident. When called on Tuesday (12 November), authorities found Gabriela's body with burns following the freak accident, police reports reveal.