31.   Opal began as a tropical depression, changed to a tropical storm after crossing the Yucatan Peninsula over the weekend and gained hurricane strength over the Gulf.

32.   Rain continued to fall Friday in the Gulf Coast region already drenched for days by a tropical depression.

33.   Rainstorms spawned by a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico prompted Gov. Manuel Cavazos Lerma to declare an emergency in the state.

34.   ...Large tropical depression bringing squalls to the Leeward Islands...

35.   A tropical depression moving across the Atlantic Ocean northeastward of the Lesser Antilles was expected to become a tropical storm late Thursday, forecasters said.

36.   A tropical depression moving toward the Caribbean became Tropical Storm Bonnie on Thursday afternoon, and forecasters expected it to reach hurricane status by the weekend.

37.   A narrow area of clear skies and dry weather will precede the arrival of the leading edge of the outer cloud bands associated with this tropical depression today.

38.   A tropical depression formed well out to sea, southwest of Cabo San Lucas.

39.   A tropical depression strengthened Tuesday to become Tropical Storm Felix in the central Atlantic, but the system posed no immediate danger.

40.   A third storm, a tropical depression, formed well out to sea, southwest of Cabo San Lucas.