MERIDIAN, Mississippi (AP) — A 50-year-old Meridian man has died from the extreme cold.
Lauderdale County Coroner Clayton Cobler said Friday that Nathaniel Brown was found at his home about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Cobler said the house had no heat.
Cobler says Brown’s core temperature was below 80 degrees when he was found and continued to drop. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Temperatures dropped into the teens Wednesday and Thursday across Mississippi. Temperatures warmed up slightly Friday.
