The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) reports that 17 people across the state died as a result of winter storm-related conditions.
Winter storms Fern and Gianna swept through South Carolina in back-to-back weeks in late January, bringing ice, snow, widespread power outages and dangerous travel conditions statewide.
DPH first reported a winter weather-related death in a Jan. 26 news release. The victim, a 96-year-old woman from Greenwood County, died from hypothermia.
Of the 17 reported deaths, 11 were attributed to hypothermia.