Amid Power Outages, Hurricane Beryl’s Heat Claims Lives in Texas
Houston, Texas — In the dense, stifling heat that followed Hurricane Beryl, Janet Jarrett faced unimaginable grief. Days after the storm knocked out power in her home she shared with her disabled sister, Pamela, Janet discovered Pamela struggling to breathe, a direct result of the sweltering temperatures inside their Houston home. That morning, Pamela Jarrett, aged 64, was a casualty not just to natural disaster but to a subsequent environmental one — hyperthermia caused by …