4th heat-related death since Saturday

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4th heat-related death since Saturday

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MONROE COUNTY, MS (WLBT) - A fourth person has died in Mississippi for the heat since Saturday.

A 50-year-old man was found dead in his home north of Aberdeen Tuesday by sheriff's deputies.

This is the second death in Monroe County.

The other deaths took place in Fayette which is in Jefferson County and in Moss Point of the gulf coast.

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