At Least 4 Dead After Tropical Storm Alberto Drenches Mexico

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At Least 4 ***** After Tropical Storm Alberto Drenches Mexico

Alberto, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall on the northeastern coast of Mexico as a

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, forecasters said. At least four people ***** in events related to the storm, which later

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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

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, 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

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that the storm’s remnants would continue to produce “heavy rainfall over northeastern Mexico with life-threatening flooding and mudslides likely.”

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were possible. Maximum sustained winds were near 30 miles per hour, the service said.

Forecasters said ocean swells caused by the storm would continue to affect the Texas coast and northeastern Mexico through Friday, likely causing

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Here are key things to know about the storm.

• Alberto, which made landfall on the northeast coast of Mexico early Thursday as a tropical storm, weakened throughout the day. By Thursday afternoon, forecasters said it was “no longer a tropical cyclone.”

• Flash floods and mudslides are a concern in the hills of Mexico as rain continues to fall.

• Several coastal flooding warnings and watches w

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  along the southern Texas coast.

Rivers were rising in Mexico.

Mexico’s meteorological service had forecast torrential rains for the northern states of Nuevo León, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí for Thursday. Government workers set up shelters, and electricians were deployed to areas at risk of power outages.

The flow of two of the rivers that run through Nuevo León’s capital, Monterrey, had increased considerably in a matter of hours. By Thursday morning, civil protection authorities in Monterrey had reported traffic accidents and vehicles stranded on flooded streets.

Seemingly endless streams of

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some parts of Monterrey, an industrial boomtown home to several of Mexico’s largest companies, by Thursday afternoon.

The Santa Catarina River, reduced to a trickle some parts of the year, jumped its banks in different parts of the city — its force even

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the lanes of some roadways.

All classes had been suspended and offices and factories were closed on Thursday, the Nuevo León governor, Samuel García,

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, adding: “We are right in the most critical stage.”

The public transportation system had been shut down,

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, except for residents who were stranded and needed to return home or head to a shelter.

Still, for some states in Mexico, the storm’s arrival was a welcome respite amid a water crisis and scorching heat waves.

“We are waiting for these rains, which are going to be very beneficial,” Luis Gerardo González, the Tamaulipas state civil protection coordinator, said in a radio interview on Wednesday.

A disaster declaration was issued in Texas.

Ahead of the storm, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas

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for 51 counties.

Alberto drenched areas near Rockport, a coastal city 30 miles north of Corpus Christi, with up to 7 inches of rain, and prompted some counties near the border with Mexico to issue tornado warnings. No major injuries were reported Thursday. Scattered showers were still expected Thursday and the rest of the week, weather officials said.

The most jarring images of vehicles submerged vehicles under water and streets overrun by currents came from Surfside Beach, a retirement community of about 750 residents that sees its population grow to about 10,000 during its high summer season.

As of Thursday morning, many of the streets on the west end of the island were measuring about three feet of water, Greg Bisso, the mayor of Surfside Beach, said. Most of the homes were spared major damage because the city has long required new dwellings to be built 14 feet above sea level.

“When you live on a barrier island, this is what you have to deal with,” Mr. Bisso said. “You know, we’re surrounded by water.”

This hurricane season is expected to be busy.

Forecasters have warned that the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be much more active than usual.

In late May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted 17 to 25 named storms this year, an “above-normal” number and a prediction in line with more than a dozen forecasts earlier in the year from experts at universities, private companies and government agencies. Hurricane seasons produce 14 named storms, on average.

Michael Corkery, Victoria Kim, Sara Ruberg , Aimee Ortiz and Derrick Bryson Taylor contributed reporting.

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