Storm Alberto claims lives in Mexico and drenches Texas coast

Three people have died after the Mexican coast was hit by the first named storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, which made landfall on Thursday.

Storm Alberto - which has now weakened into a depression - has also drenched southern Texas with heavy rain. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) earlier warned of "life-threatening" flooding in both countries.

Officials in Mexico said the three deaths occurred in the northern Nuevo León state. At least two were minors.

NHC meteorologists expect Alberto to dissipate without directly striking the US.