BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Four more people have died because of Hurricane Laura, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
LDH provided details about the increase in deaths below:
The Louisiana Department of Health is sadly verifying an additional four storm-related deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning. We do not have other details at this time.
— Louisiana Department of Health (@LADeptHealth) August 28, 2020
This brings the total number of deaths to 10.
On Thursday, the LDH reported that there were 6 storm-related deaths.
According to the Associated Press, four of the six were caused by trees falling on homes. The fifth died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator inside the home, and the sixth died of drowning while aboard a sinking ship.
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