Drifting Motion offshore , Doreen made a second and final landfall near the northern portion of the Baja California as a tropical storm Catastrophe before rapidly weakening Cause_change_of_strength to a tropical depression .

Drifting slowly northwestward , the depression was upgraded Cause_to_make_progress further to a tropical storm .

Drifting Motion near the northeastern Caribbean for several days , Otto and its precursor disturbance brought Bringing prolonged rainfall to the Leeward Islands , the Virgin Islands , and Puerto Rico , triggering Causation widespread flooding and numerous mudslides .