6 die at nursing home as Irma’s aftermath brings new hazards
Three patients were found dead at the nursing home early Wednesday, and three more died at the hospital after more than 100 in all were evacuated, many on stretchers or in wheelchairs, authorities said.
The air conditioning was out, but Sanchez said it remained under investigation whether power was entirely cut. He didn't answer questions regarding whether a generator was running inside the place.
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In addition, at least five people died and more than a dozen were treated after breathing carbon monoxide fumes from generators in the
Not counting the nursing home deaths, at least 13 people in
Elsewhere, Irma has been blamed for four deaths in
In the battered
"Things look real damaged from the air, but when you clear the trees and all the debris, it's not much damage to the houses," said
The Keys felt Irma's full fury when the hurricane roared in on Sunday with 130 mph (209 kph) winds. But the extent of the damage has been an unanswered question for days because some places have been unreachable.
In Marathon Key, a
She said she had yet to see any state or federal agencies or utility companies working on the ground yet. Her home had no electricity or running water, apart from a trickle of cold water that was good enough for a shower.
"It made me feel like normal," she said.
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For many of Irma's victims, the days ahead are likely to be soggy, sweaty, dark and discouraging. One of the biggest worries is the fate of
The longtime retirement destination has the highest proportion of people 65 and older of any state — 1 in 5 of its 20 million residents.
On Tuesday,
"We're doing everything we can to help them get either generators, fuel, power back on. It's one of the things we're doing aggressively," Scott said.
At the
Paulburn Bogle, a member of the housekeeping staff, said the place had been hot but manageable the past few days. The staff used fans, put cold towels and ice on patients and gave them cold drinks, he said.
"They were sick already. It's going to be tough to tell how much was the heat and how much of it was they were sick already," Mallak said.
The
"We need to know what happened to her," she said. "They haven't told us anything."
Calls to the owner and other officials at the home were not immediately returned. The facility was bought at a bankruptcy auction two years ago after its previous owner when to prison for Medicare fraud, according to news reports at the time of the sale.
At the
"This is the most stressful situation I've lived in my life," said her daughter
The number of people without electricity in the steamy late-summer heat dropped to 9.5 million — just under half of
While nearly all of
Search-and-rescue teams made their way into the more distant reaches of the Keys, and an aircraft carrier was positioned off
Crews also worked to repair two washed-out, 300-foot (90-meter) sections of
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