We have our first official name storm of this hurricane
season.
Tropical Storm Alberto is taking aim at Mexico's coast and
is impacting parts of Texas.
Meanwhile, more than 70 million Americans are under heat alerts
from the Midwest to the Northeast.
ABC News meteorologist Smart Theater is standing by for more
on that.
But first, let's go to AB CS Melissa Adan in
Corpus Christi, TX with the latest.
Melissa, what's it like there right now?
Hey there, Diane.
So we just got that confirmation that this is a
tropical storm system, the first one of the season named
as Alberto.
And we obviously can feel those effects here along the
South Coast of Texas.
And it really all the parts of South Texas are
facing those possible storm surges, these pretty choppy winds and
this rain, it's heavy and it's pelting downtown towards all
of us.
Of course, when it's the biggest threat and the money
communities, especially seeing that this is the first one of
the season.
We're always worried about those storm surge because you see
behind me, this is a dock, right?
The Marina unrecognizable, already overtaken by that water.
And then the threat of course to those buildings, any
low lying areas in coastal communities is always a threat
here across Corpus Christi, parts of Houston, several schools closed
down, obviously some already in anticipation of Juneteenth, but other
events all canceled tomorrow.
They're expecting that as well.
The highest threat to, of course, is that flooding, yes,
especially when we're by the coast.
But imagine when a lot of this water can just
flood up onto the streets.
This is what makes it pretty dangerous when you're talking
about concerns for folks that are on the road in
their homes.
This is always why with these storms, Diane, the threat
is something so important to take seriously, even though just
now it was named as a tropical storm.
That's why they're heeding those warnings.
They have those warnings in effect.
And that's something we're absolutely going to be monitoring, Diane.
All right, Melissa, Don in Corpus Christi, TX, Thank you.
And ABC News meteorologist Samara Theater has more on the
tropical threat and heat alerts around the country.
Hi, Samara.
Hi.
Good morning.
Yes, so we officially have Tropical Storm Alberto.
As Melissa has stated, interestingly enough, this storm system is
headed straight from Mexico, but that's how far reaching the
impacts of the system are.
We're seeing flood alerts and threats right now.
Sorry.
There we go.
OK, we have tropical storm warning for Corpus Christi and
Brownsville Flood Watch just South of San Antonio.
So the greatest threat for flooding has shifted a little
bit farther S Let's go ahead and take a look
now at the totals.
So this is Wednesday and Thursday, significant flash flooding anticipated
in Brownsville and Corpus Frisky, but farther N, we could
see anywhere from 5 to 10 inches of rain.
But it's that storms are just going to have a
really big impact on the coastal cities.
Now, we're also monitoring the heat, right?
So this heat has been building and building in the
Northeast.
Heat advisories in effect from Syracuse to Grand Rapids, excessive
heat warnings in Fort Wayne and Pittsburgh.
Temperatures remain in the 90s and eight upper 80s this
afternoon, feeling much hotter.
And then in the coming days, we'll continue to see
this heat building back, impacting not only the Ohio Valley
again, but also into the Southeast.
Temperatures in Chicago by this weekend get it around 97°.
Our nation's capital pretty close to 100 by Saturday.
Diane, ABC News meteorologist Samara Theodore, thank you.