Hurricane death toll rises to 17 as search goes on in FloridaThe Saigon Times Daily Damaged and destroyed buildings are seen in an aerial photograph, taken during a post-Hurricane Michael flight by a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter over Mexico Beach, Florida, U.S. October 11, 2018 – PHOTO: REUTERS MEXICO BEACH (REUTERS) - The death toll from Hurricane Michael rose to 17 across four states on Friday, law enforcement officials said, as rescue crews hampered by communications failures searched the hardest-hit communities in the Florida Panhandle. Searchers found one person dead in the rubble of Mexico Beach, said Joseph Zahralban, Miami’s fire chief and the task force leader of a search and rescue unit. Three additional deaths were reported in Marianna, in Jackson County, Florida, Sheriff Lou Roberts told a news conference on Friday afternoon. The number of fatalities was expected to rise further as rescuers go door to door and comb through the rubble in oceanfront … [Read more...] about Hurricane death toll rises to 17 as search goes on in Florida