The frigid impacts of Winter Storm Fern are now being linked to two additional deaths in South Carolina, bringing the total number of storm-related fatalities in the state to six.
The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) reports both deaths happened in Laurens County as a result of hypothermia. An 85-year-old man died Wednesday and a 91-year-old woman on Friday.
Earlier last week, DPH confirmed the death of a 79-year-old Oconee County man who died after slipping and falling. In addition, a 59-year-old Charleston County man, 83-year-old Lexington County woman, and 96-year-old Greenwood County woman also died, all from hypothermia.