{Charleston, West Virginia}...The Bureau for Public Health said Friday it has completed a review of data received from hospital emergency departments after the June 29th derecho windstorm. Dr. Marian Swinker, the state health officer and commissioner for public health, says the storm is being blamed for three deaths in West Virginia. Swinker says deaths occurred in Pocahontas, Randolph and Webster counties as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning from using a generator indoors, delayed access to health care and heat-related illness. Swinker says other injuries also were associated with the hot weather, people eating spoiled food and some who suffered burns from generators. The June 29 storm and subsequent storms left more than 680,000 customers without electricity across the state. Some had to wait nearly two weeks to have their power restored.
