TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Slow-moving Tropical Depression Sara unleashed major rainfall over Honduras this weekend, causing at least one death while forcing thousands to flee their homes and destroying bridges and a highway due to flooding, officials said on Sunday.

The NHC downgraded the storm to a Tropical Depression, and said it expects it to weaken as it moves toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Tropical Storm Sara is nearing landfall in Belize, where forecasters expect heavy rain to cause life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides