houses across the country, about half of which in Havana. Alberto dropped light amounts of rainfall across Mexico, with a 24-hour total peaking at in Peto, Yucatán. Light rain was also reported throughout Quintana Roo and in eastern Campeche. Florida The large area of convection associated with Alberto dropped rainfall across Florida for several days. The statewide precipitation maximum reached at a station east of Tarpon Springs. The highest sustained winds from the storm were officially clocked at in St. Petersburg, which also saw reports of wind gusts of up to . Upon making landfall on the Florida Panhandle, the storm produced a storm tide which unofficially peaked at at the Crystal River Power Plant. The combination of high surf and the storm tide caused surge flooding along the Florida Panhandle. Six tornadoes were spawned in the state from the outer rainbands of Alberto, none of which caused serious damage. Across coastal areas, the storm surge flooding caused minor damage to dozens of homes and closed several roads. Near Homosassa, two people who did not evacuate required water rescue. At Egmont Key State Park, a woman fell off of a boat when a band of showers and surging currents made navigation difficult; her husband and a friend drowned after jumping in to save her without life jackets, though the woman returned safely to the boat. The rainfall caused some temporary road flooding, though precipitation was mostly beneficial in alleviating drought conditions. Moderate wind gusts caused scattered power outages and downed some trees across the northeast portion of the state. Overall, property damage in the state rose to about $390,000 (2006 USD) in total. Southeast United States While the storm moved through the state of Georgia, moderate winds of up to occurred along the coastline. Rainfall ranged from across the southeast portion of the state, with isolated higher maxima of up to in Rincon. Alberto produced a storm tide of at Fort Pulaski National Monument, causing some beach erosion along the coastline. Alberto produced winds of tropical storm force along the South Carolina coastline; the highest official wind gust was at Edisto Beach. The storm dropped precipitation across much of the state, including a state maximum of at Pritchardville. Storm tides reached above the mean low-level water mark along Fripp Island, leading to some beach erosion along portions of the coastline. While in the process of becoming extratropical, the rainbands of