Wilma: More deaths in Florida
30/10/2005 08:00  - (SA)  

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Wilton Manors - The death toll from Hurricane Wilma rose to 21 in Florida, after state emergency officials reported seven more deaths on Saturday in the storm's aftermath.

The deaths brought the total number of casualties from the storm - which pummelled Mexico, Haiti and Jamaica before hitting Florida - to 38.

Some people died during cleanup, others were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning or traffic accidents during power outages, Florida emergency officials said.

Among the deaths: A 51-year-old man was killed Thursday while helping repair a roof on a friend's business; a 75-year-old man was struck Friday by a tree limb while surveying damage; and a 39-year-old woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a smoldering charcoal grill in her kitchen.

Five days after Hurricane Wilma ripped through South Florida, about 832 700 people remained without power. Electricity might not be fully restored until November 22, officials warned.

Wilma was the eighth hurricane to strike or pass by Florida in 15 months.

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