Authorities have reported a total of 32 deaths in nine states as Ike moved from Texas northeastward across the U.S. midsection:
Texas — seven dead, including one person found in a submerged vehicle in Galveston and a 4-year-old Houston boy dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning from an emergency generator.
Louisiana — six dead, including a 16-year-old boy trapped in rising water.
Tennessee — two dead, both golfers killed by a falling tree.
Arkansas — one killed by a tree falling on a mobile home.
Ohio — four dead, including one killed by a tree falling on a home.
Indiana — six dead, including a father and son killed helping children escape from a ditch.
Illinois — two dead, including an elderly man found in a flooded backyard.
Missouri — three dead, including a woman struck by a tree limb and an elderly man suspected of drowning in a flooded yard.
Kentucky — one dead, a 10-year-old boy struck by a tree limb while mowing a lawn. AP
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Texas — seven dead, including one person found in a submerged vehicle in Galveston and a 4-year-old Houston boy dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning from an emergency generator.
Louisiana — six dead, including a 16-year-old boy trapped in rising water.
Tennessee — two dead, both golfers killed by a falling tree.
Arkansas — one killed by a tree falling on a mobile home.
Ohio — four dead, including one killed by a tree falling on a home.
Indiana — six dead, including a father and son killed helping children escape from a ditch.
Illinois — two dead, including an elderly man found in a flooded backyard.
Missouri — three dead, including a woman struck by a tree limb and an elderly man suspected of drowning in a flooded yard.
Kentucky — one dead, a 10-year-old boy struck by a tree limb while mowing a lawn. AP
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