Ike-related storm deaths state by state

By The Associated Press

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By Tiffany Griffin

Authorities have reported a total of 48 deaths in 10 states as Ike moved from Texas northeastward across the U.S. midsection:

Texas — 17, including at least five in Harris County from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Louisiana — six, including two contractors who were electrocuted.

Tennessee — two, both golfers killed by a falling tree.

Arkansas — one, a man killed by a tree falling on a mobile home.

Ohio — six, including five by falling trees and one person electrocuted while working on a generator.

Indiana — seven, including a father and son killed helping children escape from a ditch.

Illinois — two, including an elderly man found in a flooded backyard.

Missouri — four, including a woman struck by a tree limb and an elderly man suspected of drowning in a flooded yard.

Kentucky — one, a 10-year-old boy struck by a tree limb while mowing a lawn.

Pennsylvania — two: a 46-year-old man struck by tree limb while helping remove a large tree from a house, and a 30-year-old man electrocuted while cutting trees.

Monday, Sep 15 at 3:05 PM donna wrote ...

wow - how sad! Is the world coming to an end?

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