LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Louisiana State Police troopers and St. Bernard Parish deputies are monitoring roadways after inches of water flooded parts of Louisiana Highway 1 and Florissant Highway. Troopers reported around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19 that high water has come up in various spots along the highway between Golden Meadow and Grand […]
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Tropical Storm Alberto forms in the Gulf of Mexico as hurricane season gets underway
Tropical Storm Alberto formed in the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, kicking off what’s expected to be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record. Alberto, which has been brewing in the Gulf for about a week, reached tropical storm strength Wednesday morning and in the afternoon had maximum sustained winds of about 40 mph, […]
The year’s first named storm has formed in the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical Storm Alberto
The first named storm of the season, Tropical Storm Alberto, has parts of the Texas and Mexican gulf coasts under Tropical Storm Warning. Meanwhile, the disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean still shows little signs of forming into something more. Here’s what you need to know. Tropical Storm Alberto Wind speed: 40 mph sustained winds. “Some […]
Tropical Storm Alberto forms in western Gulf, becomes first named storm of 2024 season
Tropical Storm Alberto formed Wednesday in the western Gulf of Mexico. Alberto has officially become the first named storm in the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season. 10AM CDT June 19: #Alberto forms in the western Gulf of Mexico. Tropical storm conditions are expected today within the warning area. Alberto is a very large system with rainfall, […]
Tropical Storm Alberto forms off Mexico, soaks Texas
Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is headed for the coast of Mexico. As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, the storm was 295 miles south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas, traveling west at 9 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Forecasters expect some slight […]
Coastal flooding likely with incoming Tropical Storm Alberto
Houston – Residents along the Gulf Coast are preparing for potential impacts from an evolving weather system designated “Potential Tropical Cyclone #1,” which meteorologists predict will develop into Tropical Storm Alberto later today. The system is expected to bring significant rainfall and coastal flooding to the region, particularly areas south of I-10. SUGGESTED: Tropical weather […]
System in Gulf to become Tropical Storm Alberto today, forecasters say
Potential Tropical Cyclone One brewing in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to become a tropical storm on Wednesday and has prompted the National Hurricane Center to issue a tropical storm warning for parts of Texas and coastal Mexico. If the disturbance strengthens into a tropical storm — the first of the season — it […]
Is Tropical Storm Alberto forming? NHC tracking tropical disturbance in Gulf of Mexico
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two systems to see which − if either − tropical disturbance in the Atlantic basin will become the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. The systems include Invest 90L off the southeastern coast and a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico, as described by the center’s latest […]
List of 2024 Atlantic hurricane season storm names starts with Alberto and Beryl
Alberto, Beryl and Chris lead off the list of storm names for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially gets underway June 1. A tropical storm gets a name when its sustained winds reach 39 mph; it becomes a hurricane when its winds reach 74 mph. A typical Atlantic hurricane season averages about 14 tropical […]
Former Peruvian Pres. Alberto Fujimori freed from prison on humanitarian grounds : NPR
Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, center, is driven out of prison by his children Keiko, center right, and Kenji, center left, after being released from prison in Callao, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Martin Mejia/AP hide caption toggle caption Martin Mejia/AP Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, center, is driven out of prison by […]
Peruvian court orders release of former President Alberto Fujimori : NPR
Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori listens to a question during his testimony in a courtroom at a military base in Callao, Peru, March 15, 2018. Martin Mejia/AP hide caption toggle caption Martin Mejia/AP Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori listens to a question during his testimony in a courtroom at a military base in Callao, Peru, […]