\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLouisiana’s death toll from winter weather has risen to eight. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, five additional winter storm deaths were reported Tuesday morning. Three of those deaths were due to hypothermia, one death was from hypoxia, and another was a deadly car accident, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. According to LDH, the DeSoto Parish coroner has confirmed the death of a 79-year-old woman who died due to hypoxia following the failure of an electrically powered oxygen concentrator during a power outage, as well as the death of a 46-year-old man who died in a motor vehicle accident while traveling on icy roads. The Sabine Parish coroner has confirmed the deaths of a 62-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, both of whom died in their homes of suspected hypothermia following a power outage. The Franklin Parish coroner has confirmed the death of a 78-year-old woman who died due to hypothermia, according to LDH. LDH urges residents to stay safe and follow the below guidance:Know the signs of cold-related illnessSee a doctor immediately or go to the emergency department if you or someone you know has these symptoms:Hypothermia: Shivering or fumbling hands Exhaustion or drowsiness Confusion or memory loss Slurred speech Bright red, cold skin or very low energy in infants Frostbite: Redness or pain in any skin area White or grayish-yellow skin area Skin that feels unusually firm or waxy NumbnessCarbon monoxide poisoning: Headache Dizziness Weakness Upset stomach Vomiting Chest pain Confusion\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Louisiana’s death toll from winter weather has risen to eight. <\/p>\n
According to the Louisiana Department of Health, five additional winter storm deaths were reported Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n
Three of those deaths were due to hypothermia, one death was from hypoxia, and another was a deadly car accident, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. <\/p>\n
According to LDH, the DeSoto Parish coroner has confirmed the death of a 79-year-old woman who died due to hypoxia following the failure of an electrically powered oxygen concentrator during a power outage, as well as the death of a 46-year-old man who died in a motor vehicle accident while traveling on icy roads. <\/p>\n
The Sabine Parish coroner has confirmed the deaths of a 62-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman, both of whom died in their homes of suspected hypothermia following a power outage. <\/p>\n
The Franklin Parish coroner has confirmed the death of a 78-year-old woman who died due to hypothermia, according to LDH. <\/p>\n
LDH urges residents to stay safe and follow the below guidance:<\/p>\n
Know the signs of cold-related illness<\/p>\n
See a doctor immediately or go to the emergency department if you or someone you know has these symptoms:<\/p>\n
Hypothermia: Shivering or fumbling hands Exhaustion or drowsiness Confusion or memory loss Slurred speech Bright red, cold skin or very low energy in infants Frostbite: Redness or pain in any skin area White or grayish-yellow skin area Skin that feels unusually firm or waxy NumbnessCarbon monoxide poisoning: Headache Dizziness Weakness Upset stomach Vomiting Chest pain Confusion <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louisiana’s death toll from winter weather has risen to eight. According to the Louisiana Department of Health, five…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,205966,3446,205961,205963,451,97,205962,44228,205964,6098,99049,3,1107,23298,205965,452,453,86516,11270],"class_list":["post-435122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cold-skin","tag-confusion","tag-death-toll","tag-desoto-parish-coroner","tag-headlines","tag-health","tag-hypothermia","tag-hypoxia","tag-ldh","tag-louisiana","tag-memory-loss","tag-news","tag-pain","tag-power-outage","tag-skin-area","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-upset-stomach","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}