On June 19, 2024, a driveway leading to a home was flooded in Surfside Beach, Texas. Storm Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the hurricane season, is located approximately 305 miles southeast of Brownsville, Texas, and formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico earlier today.
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The first storm of hurricane season made landfall in Mexico on Thursday, bringing heavy rain and flooding to the country’s Gulf Coast and Texas.
Albertoweakened from a tropical storm to a depression, The National Hurricane Center said in the latest news released on the 10th that the hurricane is moving inland into Mexico, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 35 mph. local time.
Heavy rain and wind gusts along the Texas coast are beginning to subside, but moderate coastal flooding is possible throughout the morning, the National Hurricane Center said in a public advisory. Reports say life-threatening flooding and mudslides are possible in parts of northeastern Mexico.
A tropical storm warning in effect for the Texas coast from San Luis Pass south to the mouth of the Rio Grande was lifted early Thursday. A warning remains in effect for the mouth of the Rio Grande to Mexico’s northeastern coast south of Tecolutla, the report said.
Parts of Texas experienced at least moderate flooding on Wednesday, turning streets into waterways.
Governor Greg Abbott Wednesday Issue a disaster declaration He said in a statement that as the storm progressed, help was provided to 51 Texas counties “to ensure that Texans and high-risk areas have the resources and resources they need to prepare for this storm.” personnel”.
The Texas A&M University Forest Service mobilized at least four teams, including 100 personnel and 24 vehicles, while the Texas National Guard had three platoons totaling more than 40 personnel and 20 vehicles, including a Chinook helicopter. Prepare.
The National Weather Service recommends residents in areas expected to be affected by the storm have at least five to seven days’ worth of food, water and other necessities on hand.
Cars could be seen driving along flooded roads in Surfside Beach in Brazoria County.
When the storm comes heat wave The situation is expected to continue until at least Friday, with more than 82 million people under some form of heat warning on Wednesday.
The center of Alberto is expected to move west toward Mexico before weakening and likely dissipating Thursday night, the National Hurricane Center said. Parts of Mexico, including the states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, are expected to receive up to 20 inches of rain.
But the system appears to have been linked to deaths in Mexico, where civil defense authorities in the northern state of Nuevo León said a man died in the La Silla River in the state capital of Monterrey. They said two minors also died from electrocution in the city of Allende.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that the hurricane season, which begins June 1 and lasts through November 30, could be well above average, with as many as 17 to 25 named storms.
Its forecast also predicts up to 13 hurricanes and four major hurricanes.
This is a development story. Please check back for updates.
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