1.   By later in the day, the winds had diminished, and the storm was downgraded to a tropical storm.

2.   If people were well prepared, that would downgrade a storm.

3.   Attempts to drag a grounded ship from a sandbar using storm conditions were abandoned late Thursday as the storm was downgraded, salvage officials said.

4.   By Thursday night, however, winds had diminished and officials at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded the storm to a tropical wave.

5.   Its winds diminished late Thursday, and officials at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded the storm to a milder low pressure system.

6.   The hurricane center suspended all hurricane warnings when it downgraded the storm.

7.   The hurricane center suspended all of the hurricane warnings when it downgraded the storm.

8.   The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression as it headed into Louisiana.

9.   The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved inland later in the day, but still carried torrential rain that threatened to cause more damaging floods.

10.   The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression Monday and produced only light rain.