'Alberto,' the first named storm of the 2018 hurricane season, has essentially demonstrated its version of a storm in a teacup.
The subtropical storm made landfall in Florida on Monday afternoon, and saw strong winds creating a mini-waterspout in a hotel swimming pool in Panama City Beach. Justin Ray Parker, a guest at Shores of Panama captured the little rampaging waterspout on their smartphone, even the moment when a pool float is tossed into the air.
The storm, while projected to bring heavy rainfall and flooding to areas in Florida and some Gulf Coast states through Wednesday, will not become a hurricane, according to NOAA — in fact, it has already been downgraded to a subtropical depression.
Alberto has, sadly, already killed two people, WYFF-TV anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer, who were covering the storm.
Additional reporting by Mark Kaufman.
