Officials from multiple counties confirm with ABC13 that at least 20 people across our region have died from Hurricane Beryl, and the list continues to grow. Officials say some of the deaths are from fallen trees, others from drownings. However, the death toll continues to rise as more people across our communities are certified by medical examiners' offices in multiple counties to have died from the heat because of the power outages.

A family in Spring is speaking for the first time to ABC13 after the medical examiner's office in Harris County confirmed their 64-year-old loved one was one of the people who died from the heat last week. The Jarrett family told Eyewitness News they're heartbroken and devastated, believing this was preventable. Pamela Jarrett was 64 years old and relied on a wheelchair and feeding tube daily.

Her sister, Janet Jarrett, was her caretaker. Pamela died on Thursday in the home they shared in Spring. "It could have been avoided, and she didn't have to die that day," Janet Jarrett said in tears on Wednesday evening.

Janet Jarrett says she lost her older sister, Pamela Jarrett, last week after days of being without power in their Spring home and doing what she could to keep her cool. She said Pam, as she would call her, had a feeding tube, and while the power was out, she did all kinds of things to ensure the device was charged. Janet Jarrett says she tried to keep her sister cool with ice, water, and cool bed showers before bedtime, but, unfortunatel.