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Hurricane Delta turns deadly as ravaged Louisiana cleans up aftermath

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Hurricane Delta has turned deadly, as Louisiana officials have announced the first death in the state from the storm. Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday an 86-year-old man from St.

Martin Parish died in a fire that started after he refueled a power generator in a shed.The governor said it didn’t appear that the man had let the generator cool down before refueling it.

Earlier Sunday, officials in Florida said a 19-year-old tourist from Illinois drowned after being caught in a rip current unleashed by the remnants of Delta in the Gulf Coast.

Delta made landfall Friday evening in southwest Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane and then began weakening quickly over land.

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