SCDPH: 2 additional deaths related to past Winter storm weather

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– SCDPH says there have been two additional deaths confirmed as being related to the winter storm that happened this past weekend.

The two additional deaths bring the total number of storm-related fatalities to four.

On Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, a 79-year-old man died in Oconee County as a result of a slip-and-fall accident involving ice leftover from the storm.

And on Jan. 26, 2026, a 59-year-old Charleston County man died from hypothermia which was ruled by the county’s coroner as storm-related.

Earlier this week, DPH confirmed the deaths of an 83-year-old woman in Lexington County and a 96-year-old woman in Greenwood County who both died from hypothermia.