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  • Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer

    JAMIE STENGLE and LEKAN OYEKANMI|Jul 19, 2024

    SPRING, Texas (AP) — As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool. But on their fourth day without power, she awoke to hear Pamela Jarrett, who used a wheelchair and relied on a feeding tube, gasping for breath. Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead at the hospital, with the medical examiner saying her death was caused by the heat. "It's so hard to know that she's gone right n...