Alberto today, Beryl tomorrow. Will the next big storm have your name?

People looking at the Santa Catarina River flooding caused by the passage of tropical storm Alberto in Monterrey, Mexico, recently. Photo: TNS/AFP via Getty Images

Meteorologists dubbed it “Alberto”, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico hurricane season.

Alberto made landfall as a tropical storm on a recent Thursday near the Mexican port of Tampico, causing floods and at least four deaths.