Tropical depression may form near Puerto Rico
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 07:14
in Earth & Climate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A low pressure system associated with a tropical wave is passing over the northern Leeward Islands and could become a tropical depression Thursday or Friday but probably won't threaten the oil rich Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) report.