Irma Death Toll Rises

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The entrance to the Sea World of Orlando is closed because of Hurricane Irma, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. Other tourists attractions including Universal Studios and Disney World were also closed and planned to reopen Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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The entrance to the Sea World of Orlando is closed because of Hurricane Irma, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. Other tourists attractions including Universal Studios and Disney World were also closed and planned to reopen Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
The entrance to the Sea World of Orlando is closed because of Hurricane Irma, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. Other tourists attractions including Universal Studios and Disney World were also closed and planned to reopen Tuesday. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Authorities say a Florida man appears to have been electrocuted by a downed power line following Irma. Winter Park police spokesman Garvin McComie says officers responded Monday morning following reports of a man lying in the roadway. The officers determined that 51-year-old Brian Buwalda was dead at the scene.

Winter Park is in Orange County, near Orlando. The storm has been blamed for more than 40 deaths, including six in Florida. A Florida woman was killed when her SUV crashed into a guardrail as Irma approached the state. A Florida Highway Patrol report says 50-year-old Heidi Zehner was driving on state Route 417 near Orlando on Sunday evening when she lost control and crashed. The crash occurred just a couple hours after Hurricane Irma made landfall 200 miles (320 kilometers) to the south in Marco Island. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office says on its website that a woman died from injuries she suffered when a tree fell on a vehicle in a private driveway. The sheriff’s office says deputies and firefighters tried to rescue the woman, but she died from her injuries. The storm is also being blamed for the death of a man in his 50s who died when a tree fell on his house just north of Atlanta.

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