Alberto, season's first named tropical storm, dumps rain on Texas and Mexico, which reports 3 deaths
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Tropical Storm Alberto rumbled toward northeast Mexico early Thursday as the first named storm of the season, carrying heavy rains that left three people dead but also brought hope to a region suffering under a prolonged, severe drought.