NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — 14 Tennesseans across the state have died from weather-related incidents, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reported one death has happened in Hickman, one in Madison, five in Shelby, two in Washington, one in Carroll, one in Knox, one in Van Buren, one in Lauderdale, and one in Henry Counties.
TEMA didn’t directly indicate how the weather resulted in these deaths or their identities. Lt. Michael Dodoo with the Hickman County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the death of the 66-year-old. He said a man was on the top of a business cleaning off snow and he fell through a skylight on Monday.
Temperatures were in the negatives this morning across Middle Tennessee.
Those figures should arise above freezing by Thursday afternoon.
NewsChannel 5 has reached out to Hickman County officials.
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