
5th person transported to Louisiana hurricane shelter dies as state declares investigation
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Another Louisiana nursing home resident who was being held at a temporary shelter during Hurricane Ida before being moved elsewhere on Thursday has died, according to a coroner, marking the fifth such death of residents that were transported to the facility.
The woman was pronounced dead at an Alexandria, Louisiana, shelter Friday morning, Rapides Parish Coroner Dr. Jonathan Hunter said, adding that her death "very much will be considered storm-related." Hunter has requested that an autopsy be performed to determine the cause and manner of death. The temporary shelter, a warehouse in the town of Independence, was overwhelmed after receiving hundreds of residents from seven nursing homes on August 27 ahead of Hurricane Ida, officials said, as power and sanitary conditions were failing.More Related News













