The Louisiana Department of Health confirmed two winter weather-related deaths Friday afternoon after a winter storm this week.

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The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to hypothermia—and advised people to stay inside during the extreme cold and to seek shelter if unhoused.

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"We believe that we are placing adequate resources into the state coffers to ensure stability for the time being," said Landry's statement, which was issued jointly with state Senate President Cameron Henry, state House Speaker Phillip DeVillier and state Treasurer John Fleming.

The coroners in each parish designated both deaths as weather-related. The hypothermia death is the second one in Louisiana this year. On Jan. 9, the health department reported a 65-year-old Rapides Parish man died from exposure to winter weather conditions.

The rare winter storm that brought record freezing temperature and snowfall in Louisiana caused at least two deaths.