Second elderly South Carolina woman dead from hypothermia in winter storm

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (SCDPH) has confirmed a 2nd decease from past weekend's wintertime tempest arsenic the authorities braces for much utmost upwind successful the coming days.

On Jan. 25, an 83-year-old pistillate died of hypothermia portion extracurricular successful Lexington County, the section confirmed Wednesday. It said that the archetypal reported storm-related decease was a 96-year-old pistillate successful Greenwood County who died of hypothermia connected Monday.

The SCDPH said the deaths of some the 83-year-old and the 96-year-old were confirmed by the region coroner. The women person not been identified astatine this time.

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A wintery premix of precipitation covers the Springwood Cemetery connected Jan. 25, 2026, successful Greenville, S.C. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Ahead of past weekend's wintertime storm, President Donald Trump approved South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's national exigency catastrophe declaration request, providing national assistance to supplement authorities and section efforts. McMacter's bureau said successful a connection that South Carolina's 46 counties would person entree to national unit and instrumentality if they needed it.

"I person approved Emergency Declarations for the historical wintertime storms headed to the large authorities of South Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia," Trump wrote connected Truth Social connected Jan. 24. "With the assistance of FEMA and our authorities partners, we volition support everyone safe, and marque definite some States person the enactment they need. We volition proceed to monitor, and enactment successful interaction with each States successful the way of this storm. Stay safe, and enactment warm!"

A constabulary conveyance sits astatine a postulation airy during Winter Storm Fern connected Jan. 25, 2026, successful Greenville, S.C. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

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Later connected Jan. 24, Trump issued different connection saying helium had approved exigency declaration requests for Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana and West Virginia.

When a wintertime tempest deed a ample information of the country, spanning from New Mexico to New England, it dumped snow, sleet and freezing rain, and near overmuch of the state successful subzero temperatures. Trump approved respective exigency declaration requests for astatine slightest a twelve states by Saturday, according to The Associated Press.

A motion warns radical of icy conditions connected the Liberty Bridge during Winter Storm Fern connected Jan. 25, 2026 successful Greenville, South Carolina. The monolithic wintertime tempest brought  frigid temperatures, crystal and snowfall to millions of Americans. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

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One week aft the storm, respective states are erstwhile again bracing to instrumentality different deed of wintertime weather. Fox Weather is reporting that states from the Carolinas done the Northeast are expecting yet different storm, which, similar past weekend, could origin question delays. While the Carolinas are connected way to get hit, Massachusetts and Cape Cod are acceptable to carnivore the brunt of the storm, with snowfall expected to full astir fractional a ft and winds expected to deed 70 mph connected Sunday, according to Fox Weather.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.