Were you affected by Hurricane Michael? The US death toll has risen to at least 17 -- including five in Virginia and eight in Florida -- and it's expected to climb. "I expect the fatality count to rise today and tomorrow as we get through the debris," Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long said Friday morning. Michael, which smacked Florida's Panhandle as one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the United States, left Virginia's coast as a post-tropical low early Friday -- and its trail of destruction will take weeks to take into account. The man's name has not been released, but authorities said his body was found several hundred yards away from his home. A psychiatric hospital in Florida is isolated after downed trees blocked roads around Chattahoochee, and a tree caused a water line to break. The facility is running on power generators, and helicopters have delivered food and water, the state's Department of Children and Families said. Hide Caption 20 of 66 Photos: In pictures: Hurricane Michael's trail of destruction A man walks through a damaged store in Springfield, Florida. Collins estimated that 100 percent of homes and vehicles were damaged in some way. Hide Caption 66 of 66 
 
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 • No electricity: At least 1.15 million customers in seven states are without power, including 383,000 in Virginia, 365,000 in North Carolina and 301,613 in Florida. In the storm’s wake lay crushed and flooded buildings, shattered lives and at least 11 deaths that state and local officials have linked to the storm, with authorities investigating another three deaths. “I hope we don’t see it climb dramatically.” 
 
 — Mark Berman 
 
 12:10 p.m.: Five dead, one missing in Virginia after storm 
 
 Five people are dead and one is still missing in Virginia after the area was hit by Hurricane Michael. In Hanover County, a firefighter died and four others were injured, including three seriously, after a tractor trailer crashed into them as they tried to help with another crash involving two vehicles along Interstate 295 outside Mechanicsville, Va. 
 
 And in Danville, two people died after being swept away by flood waters. — Joel Achenbach 
 
 2 p.m.: North Carolina, Georgia report additional storm deaths 
 
 Authorities in North Carolina and Georgia confirmed additional deaths in those states, pushing the number of fatalities officials have linked to the storm to at least 11 people as of Friday afternoon, with three more deaths being investigated. "Can't tell the difference between what I've picked and what I haven't." But I have reasons to believe — we haven’t gotten into some of the hardest hit areas, particularly the Mexico Beach area.” 
 
 Long said the storm posed a direct threat to people who ignored warnings and evacuation orders on the coastlines, particularly given the threat of storm surge capable of tearing apart and flattening buildings. And in Georgia, officials in Seminole County, on the Florida border, said early Thursday that an 11-year-old girl in a mobile home was killed by a metal carport that was thrown in the air by Michael’s gusting winds. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2018 
 
 In Virginia, the Roanoke River jumped its banks and flooded nearby homes and businesses. Others include Jonathan Drew in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Seth Borenstein in Kensington, Maryland. Fallen trees have left hundreds of primary and secondary roads closed, he said. In Mexico Beach, Councilwoman Linda Albrecht learned through online news video that her home was gone. "Everything in my house, it was almost like it was pushed back with a bulldozer," she said 
 
 "Mexico Beach needs your prayers," Albrecht said of the town of about 1,200 people. "There was a point in time where I thought the roof was going to fly away, so I flipped a couch over and just tried to prepare for the worst situation." In Gadsden County, Fla., the sheriff’s office said Thursday they had four “storm-related fatalities following Hurricane Michael,” although they had only confirmed the details of one death: a man killed when a tree crashed through the roof of his home. [Before and after images of Hurricane Michael] 
 
 In Pittsylvania County, a 45-year-old man died after he was swept away from his vehicle. Authorities did not discuss the circumstances of their deaths, but their bodies have been taken to the medical examiner's office to determine the cause of death. In North Carolina, a 38-year-old man was killed Thursday afternoon shortly before 1 p.m. in Iredell County, north of Charlotte, when a tree fell on the vehicle he was driving, according to David Souther, the county’s fire marshal. “We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the loved ones and friends of those killed,” Cooper said in a statement. Two people also were killed Thursday night in Marion, North Carolina, when their vehicle struck a tree that had fallen because of high winds, said Adrienne Jones, deputy director for the McDowell County Emergency Medical Services. He added: “We can rebuild our base, but we can’t rebuild any of you.” 
 
 — Mark Berman 
 
 7:59 a.m.: Five deaths reported in Virginia 
 
 The known death toll from Michael now stands at 11, after this sobering bulletin from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management: 
 
 Virginia storm updates as of 7 a.m today. Authorities in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina had previously linked at least six deaths to the storm, a toll officials have worried will continue to rise as search-and-rescue efforts continue. Rick Scott said state officials still "do not know enough" about the fate of those who stayed behind in the region. Marianna is about 50 miles from the coast and took a direct hit from the eye of the storm. Officials, meanwhile, set up distribution centers outside big stores such as Wal-Mart and Publix to pass out food and water to victims. The storm is even expected to drop some rain on New England and could produce up to 5 inches of rain in Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, while flash flooding remains possible from the heavy rain left behind in the Carolinas and elsewhere in the mid-Atlantic. “This wasn’t our first hurricane, but it was way worse,” said Jackson, who lived through Opal years ago. ___ 
 
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– Authorities in Mexico Beach, Florida, estimate that 285 people decided to stay home and try to ride out Hurricane Michael, reports the AP. As has been well reported by now, the coastal community was decimated by the storm, and authorities are now trying to figure out how many of those 285 survived. Similar situations exist elsewhere in the state, and Florida officials are fielding scores of calls from worried loved ones. Still, with cellphone service down throughout wide areas, rescue officials are holding out hope that the missing are fine and simply haven't been able to get in touch yet. As of Friday afternoon, CNN had the death toll at 13: Five in Virginia, four in Florida, three in North Carolina, and one (an 11-year-old girl) in Georgia. “Unfortunately, I think you’re going to see that number climb,” said FEMA Administrator William “Brock” Long Friday morning. “I hope we don’t see it climb dramatically.” As for the storm itself, the Washington Post notes that Michael is now Post-Tropical Cyclone Michael and has moved out to sea. However, communities from New Jersey to Massachusetts could still get 3 to 5 inches of rain through Friday. More than 1 million people were without power in the affected states.