Texas County Morgue Close To Capacity
HOUSTON (AP) -- The county in Texas that has had the most deaths from Harvey says its morgue is close to capacity because of storm-related bodies and deaths that are not related to the flooding.
Tricia Bentley, spokeswoman for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said Thursday that funeral homes have been unable to retrieve the bodies in the aftermath of the storm and it has asked for a large refrigerated 18-wheeler to store more of them.
The county has confirmed 18 storm-related deaths and is investigating 10 more as potentially Harvey-related.
Bentley says the morgue has about 175 bodies total — most of them not related to the storm — and it has a capacity of 200. The agency has requested approval from the state for the tractor-trailer and expects to receive it Friday.
So far, the death toll from Harvey is at least 30.
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