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Sep. 15, 2010

Hermine Death Toll At 8 After 2 More Bodies Found

Death Toll From Remnants Of Tropical Storm Hermine Reaches 8 After 2 Bodies Found In Texas

(AP) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The death toll from flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine (hur-MEEN') has reached eight after two more bodies were found in Texas. One body was identified Tuesday as that of 51-year-old Jennifer Ring of Austin. The mother of two children had been missing since swift water swept her sport utility vehicle off a road on Sept. 8.

Austin police say two fishermen found her body in Lake Austin on Monday. In nearby Georgetown, police on Tuesday found the debris-wrapped body of a man in a drainage field. A police statement says the cause of his death hasn't been determined but Hermine flooding was a factor. Those deaths bring to seven the number of people killed in Texas in Hermine-related flooding. One person also was killed in Oklahoma.

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