Richard is expected to be a hurricane by Sunday morning.

The hurricane center says that as of 8 a.m. EDT Saturday, Richard was located about 55 miles (110 kilometers) north-northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua-Honduras border and is moving west near 7 mph. “Richard is traveling slowly parallel to Honduras’ Atlantic coast and causing rains since Friday night on the Caribbean seaboard,” said Daniel Posas of Honduras’ National Meteorological Service.
“Bands from Richard are already provoking strong winds in Gracias a Dios province that will increase over the course of the day.”

The storm could dump three to five inches of rain on Honduras causing life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.