Tropical storm weakens into a depression
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Tropical Storm Chris weakened into a depression Friday in the eastern Caribbean, though a tropical storm warning remained in effect for several islands in its path across the southeastern Bahamas.
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Typhoon Xangsane weakened to a tropical  storm over the Philippines on Thursday but fierce winds and  driving rains killed at least eight people, displaced nearly  5,500 and devastated parts of the central islands and Manila.
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A typhoon that killed three people and  injured more than 70 in Japan weakened to a tropical storm on  Sunday, as it brushed by Tokyo and headed for the Pacific Ocean  bringing heavy rain, strong winds and landslides.
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Storm weary residents of Florida and the rest of the Southeast can take a little consolation from the first forecast of tropical weather for next year.
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Tropical Storm Ingrid, which formed late Thursday, will probably weaken back into a tropical depression over the next four days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a report issued Friday.
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By Jim Ellis  HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Fla. - Tropical Storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as it moved through Tampa Bay on Saturday, bringing nearly 7 inches of rain to parts of the drought-parched region.
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By Associated Press  HOMOSOSSA SPRINGS, Fla. -- Tropical Storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as it moved through Tampa Bay on Saturday, bringing nearly   7 inches of rain to parts of the drought-parched region.
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Tropical Storm Earl faded to a  tropical wave early Monday over the central Caribbean Sea, the  National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
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Oil prices slid on Monday as a  hurricane in the Caribbean was downgraded to a tropical storm,  reducing the threat to U.S. Gulf oil facilities.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto weakened over   Florida on Wednesday, coming ashore as a rainstorm instead of a   dreaded hurricane and bringing relief of Americans who remember   the fury of Hurricane Katrina a year ago.
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Tropical Storm Matthew weakened to a  tropical depression overnight in the western Gulf of Mexico,  the National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.
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Parts of Mexico's Gulf Coast were under a storm watch early Thursday as a tropical depression drifted closer, while Tropical Storm Karen slightly weakened in the open Atlantic Ocean.
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Ernesto weakened to a tropical depression Friday, but the storm still packed enough punch to dump more than half a foot of rain, knock out power to more than 300,000 customers and force hundreds of people from their homes.
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A tropical depression formed Sunday over the open Atlantic, and meteorologists said it was forecast to become the next tropical storm of the 2006 hurricane season on Monday.
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MIAMI - Hurricane Frances weakened slightly Monday, but forecasters warned it would pick up strength as it headed toward the Caribbean islands, which it could begin affecting Tuesday.
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Hurricane Isaac weakened slightly as it moved north in the Atlantic on Sunday, and a tropical storm watch was issued for southeastern Newfoundland, forecasters said.
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Conditions are "becoming less favorable" for a low-pressure area over the central Atlantic Ocean to develop into a tropical cyclone, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday in a report.