 Hurricane Beryl, now a tropical depression, blamed for at least eight deaths in Texas and Louisiana, and massive destruction. CBS's Omar Villafranca. Power crews are trying to clean the roads and clear the roads out so they can get to places where they can put power lines back up. Scorching heat suspected in at least four deaths near Portland, Oregon. Multnomah County Health Officer Dr. Richard Bruno. These are probably preventable deaths, you know, based on the fact that we assume that they probably would not have expired if they had had a better cooling system.