Hurricane Irma's Death Toll Update: 10 Reported Dead in U.S. as Storm Leaves Florida
Hurricane Irma, now downgraded to a tropical storm as it wanders off to Alabama, has caused at least ten deaths in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.
The hurricane has weakened to sustained winds of 35 miles per hour as it was last placed about 95 miles south of Atlanta as of late Monday, according to ABC News. The hurricane is moving northwest at a steady pace of 15 miles per hour.
Six people were reported dead as a result of storm-related incidents in Florida at the height of the hurricane's transit. The death toll includes a sheriff's deputy who died of storm-related injuries.
Most of the deaths were from vehicle accidents, with three deaths directly blamed on Hurricane Irma's winds, according to CBS News.
A person reportedly died when he lost control of a truck he was driving to deliver a generator, as torrential winds slammed Monroe Country. Two more, one of them a sheriff's deputy and the other a corrections officer, died when their cars crashed in the poor visibility brought about by constant rains in Hardee County, 60 miles from Sarasota.
Another car crash fatality was also reported in Orange County in Florida. A passenger, meanwhile, died in Forsyth County after a falling tree impacted her vehicle, according to officials.
A man was electrocuted when he came in contact with a live power line in Winter Park near Orlando, an official said. The man was pronounced dead on the spot after he was found on the street, according to the Winter Park Police Department on Monday morning, Sep. 11.
The mayor of Miami-Dade county reported another death in his area, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning from an unvented generator.
A man died in bed in Fulton County when a huge tree broke itself on his home, as Mayor Rusty Paul shared on Facebook. Another tree claimed the life of a man in Abbeville County, South Carolina.
Outside the U.S., an estimated 37 people died when the hurricane passed over the Caribbean. At least ten casualties were reported in Cuba, as well.
