Officials Raise Harvey-Related Death Toll To 39
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities are raising Harvey's death toll to 39 almost a week after the storm slammed into the Texas coast.
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences spokeswoman Tricia Bentley said Thursday night that the office has confirmed seven more storm-related deaths.
Harris County is home to Houston and has so far accounted for 25 deaths from the storm. Bentley said earlier in the day that their morgue was close to capacity because bodies were piling up from the storm and from other deaths in the fourth-largest city in the U.S.
She said the backlog eased a little Thursday as some funeral homes were able to pick up remains.
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