The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first weather-related death: a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish has died from hypothermia. His identity has not yet been released. 

The City of Alexandria has announced it has opened a warming station at the Bolton Avenue Community Center, 315 Bolton Ave. A press release indicated that the city was “adding flexibility to its normal temperature triggers” in opening the station and was working with multiple agencies to monitor the situation.

The decision to open the warming station was based on an extensive review of National Weather Service reports. According to a city spokesperson, “the combination of rain, the length of the event, the likelihood of changes in weather on the margins, etc., lead us to believe — in conjunction with reports of failures across private agency lines that it was necessary.”