Six deaths related to last week’s ice storm have been confirmed by local and state officials.
Five of the deaths were caused by hypothermia, while one man died after slipping and falling at his home, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH).
On Jan. 31, DPH reported the deaths two people in Laurens County due to hypothermia — an 85-year-old man who died on Jan. 21 and a 91-year-old woman who died on Jan. 30…