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LDH reports first heat-related death of 2026
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BATON ROUGE — So far this year, one person's death has been ruled heat-related, data from the Louisiana Department of Health shows.
A man over 65 years old in Acadiana died due to heat-related causes. This was in June, data shows.
According to LDH, heat-related deaths are caused by hyperthermia, which occurs when the body cannot cool itself sufficiently through sweating.
Up-to-date statistics from LDH can be found here.
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