 An Indiana woman died after a tree fell onto her home. Nearly a quarter million homes and businesses in Illinois were still without power as of this morning, as were tens of thousands in neighboring states. Over 140,000 homes and businesses in Texas are still without power following the landfall of Hurricane Beryl earlier this month. In related news, a record-breaking heat wave is continuing to threaten tens of millions of people across the U.S. east coast and central states.