Tropical Storm Alberto formed on Wednesday, June 19, becoming the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

It made landfall in northeastern Mexico on Thursday, June 20, as a tropical storm with max winds of 45 mph while bringing heavy rain, coastal flooding and wind impacts to Texas and Mexico. Later that day, it quickly dissipated over the higher terrain of Mexico.

Alberto was a short-lived storm in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. 

It was a large and disorganized storm with heavy rainfall, coastal flooding and wind impacts far from its center. Surfside Beach in south Texas was inundated under multiple feet of storm surge before Alberto was named and made landfall.

The city of Surfside Beach closed beaches with roads across the city underwater on Wednesday, June 20, a day before Alberto made landfall.

Alberto's moisture was far-reaching, bringing heavy rain and storms across south and central Texas before and after making landfall.

According to AP News, Alberto was responsible for four deaths in Mexico, and left many more homeless, washing away homes with heavy rainfall from the storm.

It also washed away a segment of a major highway in Mexico connecting Monterrey and Saltillo.

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