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Heat-related Texas deaths hit 23 after Beryl left millions without power

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Janet Jarrett shows a photo of her sister, Pamela Jarrett, she keeps on her phone at the home they shared, on July 19, 2024, in Spring, Texas. [AP Photo]

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.

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