The National Hurricane Center is in a very large system. Weather forecasts for the coastal areas of Corpus Christi, Texas, through the day of Wednesday morning
The National Hurricane Center named the storm after it formed in the western Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, nearly three weeks into what will be a above average Atlantic hurricane season.
“Alberto is a very large system with rainfall, coastal flooding, and wind impacts extending far from the center,” the NHC said in an update at 10 a.m. CT.
The coastal communities of Surfside Beach and Houston were flooded as of Wednesday morning with news reports showing water submerging roads and threatening to reach houses raised on stilts.
Texas Public Radio reported that emergency management officials in the city of Corpus Christi distributed bags of sand to residents on Tuesday ahead of the rain and winds that began early Wednesday.
Brennan said the Texas coast will slowly start to improve during the day Thursday. Forecasters expect Alberto to dissipate over Mexico by the end of the day.
“But we still got at least another 24 hours of relatively hazardous conditions,” he said. “So make sure you have multiple ways to get emergency information.”
They have made progress in containing the Post fire, which has grown to more than 15,000 acres since Saturday and is 47% contained, as well as the Point fire, which started Sunday and is 60% contained.
Member station KQED reports that climate experts are warning of a busy California wildfire season, especially in September and October when conditions are even drier.
The City of Surfside Beach, Mexico, is on extreme weather during the Tropical Storm Alberto. Fires on Wednesday night generated mudslides and a large dust storm
No injuries were reported despite the storm surge flooding the city of Surfside Beach. Nobody showed up at the emergency shelters so the city quickly closed them.
In Mexico, however, Alberto was deadly. Authorities in the state of Nuevo León confirmed three deaths associated with the storm: a man died in a river in Monterrey, and two minors died from electric shocks in Allende.
The rains and winds associated with the storm havebated, but the weather forecasters are still watching a storm that could form in the western Atlantic.
There is a possibility that the low pressure could become a tropical depression before reaching the coast of Georgia or northeast Florida on Friday.
Thunderstorms on Wednesday night brought flash flooding, mudslides and a massive dust storm known as a haboob to parts of the state. It is unclear how much they will aid in quelling the fires, as the storms will continue through Friday.
Lujan Grisham called it “one of the most devastating fires in New Mexico history,” according to member station KUNM. She said that an additional 200 to 300 firefighters will be deployed to fight the South Fork Fire, the larger of the two, as it approaches higher-density living areas.
And they confirmed that two people had been killed, a 60-year-old man found by the side of the road near a motel and another unidentified person in the driver’s seat of a burned vehicle — both in or near Ruidoso, the village between the two fires. Some 8,000 people in the city of Ruidoso are under orders to leave.
The fires were still not contained by Wednesday night. The fires have caused 1,400 structures to be damaged, including 500 that are believed to be homes.
New Mexico Counts the Last Day of Winter: A High Temperature Climate Change Warning in the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic
New Mexico’s governor declared a state of emergency after the Salt Fire burned more than 23,000 acres, larger than Manhattan.
Areas of higher elevation, including the Showdown ski mountain, were hit with snow. The last day of spring was the last day of records in Montana.
The NWS explained that there is a heat wave in the Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic that is set to last for a few days.
A heat dome can last for a few days or weeks. And they’re among the many extreme weather events, including storms and droughts, that are becoming more common and intense as a result of climate change.
Parts of Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont, among others, shattered temperature records, some that stood for more than 100 years.
The forecasters are urging everyone to take steps to stay safe because record warm overnight temperatures will prevent natural cooling.
The temperature is predicted to rise in the west on Thursday and Friday, and then climb to triple digits in California over the weekend.
Parts of Montana and Idaho were under a winter storm warning earlier this week, and nearly one million residents of the West were either under a winter weather or frost advisory on Monday morning.
