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Two Deaths In KY Related To Power Outages Amid Storm

Kentucky State Police say two people who lost power during winter storms have died in separate incidents. Police said 61-year-old Darlene G. Skinner Ragland of Corbin died Tuesday after officers were sent to a home in southern Laurel County on a carbon monoxide poisoning call. Residents were using a generator at the home. In western Kentucky, police said 25-year-old Melissa Sheerin of Crofton died Friday at a mobile home that had no heat or electricity. Police say preliminary results indicate Sheerin died of hypothermia. About 90,000 homes remained without electric power in Kentucky on Wednesday.