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At Least 4 Dead After Tropical Storm Alberto Drenches Mexico
No longer a tropical cyclone after making landfall on Thursday, Alberto still threatened flooding and mudslides in Mexico and dangerous surf on the Texas coast.
Judson Jones, Christine Hauser, Edgar Sandoval and
Judson Jones is a meteorologist and reporter for The Times. Edgar Sandoval reported from San Antonio and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega from Mexico City.
Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on the northeastern coast of Mexico as a tropical storm early on Thursday, unleashing heavy rain, flooding and gusty winds, forecasters said. At least four people died in events related to the storm, which later weakened into a depression, officials and forecasters said.
The deaths were all in Nuevo León. A man received an electrical shock there while trying to make repairs to his house, Gov. Samuel García said in a televised interview on Thursday.
A teenager was trapped by currents in a river and drowned after trying to recover a ball, Erik Cavazos, the director of civil protection in Nuevo León, told reporters earlier. Two children were electrocuted crossing a pond that was in contact with a live cable, he said.
The El Universal newspaper, citing local emergency authorities, reported that the teen who drowned was 16 and the two others were 12.
By Thursday afternoon, Alberto was no longer considered a tropical cyclone, but the U.S. National Weather Service warned that the storm’s remnants would continue to produce “heavy rainfall over northeastern Mexico with life-threatening flooding and mudslides likely.” Rainfall totals of 20 inches were possible. Maximum sustained winds were near 30 miles per hour, the service said.
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