Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Louisiana health officials have announced three new deaths related to last week's Hurricane Laura, bringing the overall death toll from the storm to at least 28.
The Louisiana Department of Health on Friday said two of the new deaths were of men in their 40s who died from heat-related illnesses while cleaning debris after the storm. The third, a 59-year-old man, died after being hit by a falling tree branch.