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CO poisoning poses new threat with Hurricane Laura

Posted August 29, 2020

Carbon monoxide poisoning from generators appears to have killed more people in Louisiana and Texas than Hurricane Laura itself, claiming at least eight lives along the Gulf Coast, where the storm destroyed buildings and left roughly 500,000 without power.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Hurricane-Laura-leads-to-carbon-monoxide-15523343.php

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