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Sun Jul 21, 2024, 06:38 AM Jul 2024

Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer [View all]

https://apnews.com/article/houston-power-outages-death-toll-53a403fec3ffdf34daeb8d5e179953ba

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

BY JAMIE STENGLE AND LEKAN OYEKANMI
Updated 1:32 AM EDT, July 21, 2024

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The combination of searing summer heat and residents unable to power up air conditioning in the days after the Category 1 storm made landfall on July 8 resulted in increasingly dangerous conditions for some in America’s fourth-largest city.

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When will a complete death toll be known?

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Officials are still working to determine if some deaths that have already occurred should be considered storm related. But even when those numbers come in, getting a clear picture of the storm’s toll could take much more time.

Lara Anton, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of State Health Services, which uses death certificate data to identify storm-related deaths, estimated that it may not be until the end of July before they have even a preliminary count.

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Experts say that while a count of storm-related fatalities compiled from death certificates is useful, an analysis of excess deaths that occurred during and after the storm can give a more complete picture of the toll. For that, researchers compare the number of people who died in that period to how many would have been expected to die under normal conditions.

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