Death toll from Hurricane Irene rises to 21 across nine states, including 11 year old Zahir Robinson from Newport News & Florida high school teacher Frederick Fernandez.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people who have lost their lives during Hurricane Irene and the countless numbers of people whose homes and businesses have sustained some damage. We grieve with you. Here is a breakdown of the deceased per state:
CONNECTICUT:
- Charlotte Levine, 89, was killed early Sunday when a falling tree limb pulled power lines onto her house and started a fire in Prospect.
-Shane Seaver, 46, died after he and another man went canoeing down a flooded street and the canoe capsized in Bristol. Seaver’s body washed ashore late Sunday night in Plainville. The other man survived.
FLORIDA:
-High school teacher, Frederick Fernandez, 55, Volusia County resident, died Saturday off New Smyrna Beach after he was tossed off his board by massive waves caused by Irene. Fernandez had a large cut on his head, apparently from hitting the sea floor, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
- James Palmer, 55, resident of New Jersey died Saturday in rough surf. Family members say they lost sight of him after he waded into the surf in North Florida. He was pulled to shore and his wife attempted CPR, but he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
MARYLAND:
-Anne Bell, 85, resident of Queen Anne County, was killed when a tree knocked a chimney through the glass roof of the sunroom where she and her son were sitting.
NEW JERSEY
-Celena Sylvestri, 20, of Quinton, called her boyfriend and then 911 early Sunday seeking help getting out of her flooded car in Pilesgrove, authorities said. Sylvestri's body was found eight hours later in the vehicle, which was about 150 feet off the road, police said.
NEW YORK
- An unidentified man in his 50s was electrocuted in Spring Valley when he tried to help a child who had gone into a flooded street with downed wires. The child is listed in very serious condition at Westchester Medical Center’s burn unit.
- State police recovered the body of an unidentified woman who apparently drowned after she fell into Onesquethaw Creek in New Scotland, located not far from Albany.
-Joseph Rocco, 68, of East Islip drowned while windsurfing in Bellport Bay.
- Croton police said two men were swept down the Croton River on Sunday evening after their inflatable boat capsized, and one of them died after being pulled down river by heavy currents.
NORTH CAROLINA:
- A Nash County man was killed after a tree limb fell on him outside his home Saturday morning as outer bands from the storm brought near hurricane-force gusts inland.
- A 15-year-old girl died Saturday afternoon in Goldsboro after the SUV carrying her and family members collided with another SUV at an intersection where Irene had knocked out power to traffic lights.
- A Pitt County man was found dead in his home after Irene’s winds toppled a tree onto his house.
- A second Pitt County man was found dead after he drove through standing water, went off a road and died after striking a tree on Saturday.
- A mother in Sampson County died Saturday morning when a tree fell on a car carrying her and two family members.
-Melton Robinson Jr., a resident of New Hanover County, who had been missing since falling or jumping into the Cape Fear River as the hurricane approached NC, body was recovered Sunday afternoon.
PENNSYLVANIA
-Michael Scerarko, 44, of Stroudsburg, was killed Sunday when a tree fell on him in his yard. He pushed his son out of the way, but could not get out of the way himself, police said.
- A 58-year-old Harrisburg man was killed Sunday morning when a tree toppled onto his tent, state police said.
- A man in a camper was crushed by a tree in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County, state emergency management officials said. Police found his body shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday.
- A motorist was killed when he lost control of his car on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Carbon County, skidded over an embankment and hit a tree. State officials attributed the accident to the storm.
VIRGINIA:
-Zahir Robinson, 11, of Newport News, was killed when a large tree crashed through his apartment shortly after noon.
-James Blackwell of Brodnax was killed after a tree fell across a car Saturday afternoon. The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
- Chesterfield County police say a man died at a Hopewell hospital Saturday after a tree fell on a house that he was in.
-William P. Washington, 57, was killed when a tree fell on him as he was cutting another tree on Saturday night.
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