The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean on Thursday and long-term forecast models show it could enter the Gulf of Mexico and turn toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of the NHC’s 1 p.

Tropical Storm Sara formed in the Caribbean and was expect to hit Central America and Mexico before emerging in the Gulf and moving toward Florida.

Storm Sara has become the 18th named storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season and is expected to bring life-threatening flooding.