Tom Bailey walks his bike past a home that was carried across a road and slammed up against a condo complex in Mexico Beach. Benny Hobson sits in his recliner on Thursday, October 11, after losing the front wall of his house in Panama City, Florida. (CNN)Hurricane Michael's death toll climbed to 18 Saturday, after another victim was discovered in Virginia. The view from a Panama City hotel room that lost a wall in the storm. Delta crashed onshore Friday night near the coastal town of Creole, Louisiana — a distance of only about 15 miles from where Laura struck land in August, killing 27 people in the state. Wrecked boats sit near a pier in Panama City. At least 34 deaths have been blamed on Hurricane Michael as the recovery continues. Lisa Patrick is overcome with grief as she visits the remains of her home Monday in Mexico Beach. Hurricane Michael death toll climbs to 18 with new victim reported in Virginia By Ray Sanchez, Nicole Chavez , Scott McLean and Meridith Edwards, CNN Updated 9:43 AM ET, Sun October … Scott said the district, along with six others across the state, would close until further notice. Joe Bush, who said he loved living there for 19 years, said he's decided to move. People comfort each other outside an apartment building in Panama City. The death toll from the storm soared Tuesday to 19 in the state, with a dozen victims in hard-hit Bay County, according to authorities. Justin Davis, left, and Brock Mclean board up a business in Destin, Florida, on Tuesday, October 9. Krystal Day, left, leads a sandbag assembly line at the Old Port Cove restaurant in Ozello, Florida, on October 9. But Frazier is too thankful to be upset. CNN's Jason Hanna, Erica Hill, Dave Alsup, Dianne Gallagher, Miguel Marquez, Amir Vera, Rashard Rose and Keith Allen contributed to this report. It appeared one of the newly reported deaths was a man whose. A woman checks on her vehicle after a hotel canopy collapsed in Panama City Beach. A boat sits amid debris in Mexico Beach on October 11. "Unfortunately, we're probably still going to find people in the coming weeks," Panama City Fire Department Battalion Chief David Collier told CNN. Justin Davis, left, and Brock Mclean board up a business in Destin, Florida, on Tuesday, October 9. Almost all the residents of the mobile-home park rode out the storm. At least 17 deaths have been blamed on the hurricane. Kathy Eaton takes what she can from her Panama City Beach home as she tries to get out of the way of the storm on October 10. And residents in the hardest-hit areas are relying on airdropped food and water to survive. A McDonald's sign is mangled in Panama City on October 10. Wreckage is piled up in Mexico Beach, near where Michael made landfall. An aerial photo shows a destroyed boat in Mexico Beach on October 11. Hurricane Michael carved swaths of devastation as it made landfall on the Florida Panhandle. The President and first lady hand out bottles of water to people in Lynn Haven on October 15. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Florida Gov. In the wake of Hurricane Michael, local journalists in the Florida Panhandle are working in incredibly difficult conditions. Mitchell Pope tries to salvage what he can from his mobile home in St. Marks. With no power and with spotty cellphone service, residents still unaccounted for could be trapped in isolated areas, according to Baird. Michael's strength may reflect the effect of climate change on storms. Rick Scott said in his 6 p.m. update Saturday more than 1,800 law enforcement officers have been sent to impacted areas in the Panhandle and Big Bend along with more than 400 ambulances with over 700 staff. That accounts for the majority of the district's 26,000 students. Text, iMessage or WhatsApp your videos, photos and stories to CNN when it's safe: 347-322-0415. That will change Wednesday, when residents will be allowed back to Mexico Beach. A helicopter circles a Panama City neighborhood in the storm's wake on October 10. "People gonna be scared to death to come down here to buy and invest money. A woman and her children wait near a destroyed gas station in Panama City on October 10. The powerful hurricane left houses battered in Panama City Beach. A woman checks on her vehicle after a hotel canopy collapsed in Panama City Beach. They even beat FEMA to the scene, Frazier said. Wrecked boats sit near a pier in Panama City. Scott said more than 2,000 of his personnel are working to restore cell service and communication in the impacted areas. "My shop is down, (but) I'm not in bad spirits," he said. Firefighter Austin Schlarb performs a door-to-door search in Mexico Beach on October 11. The whole building is shaking.". A woman and her children wait near a destroyed gas station in Panama City on October 10. In Georgia, officials are receiving reports that, "For me, the cotton crop is as bad as it gets. Damaged buildings are seen in Panama City on October 11. A tree sits on top of a Panama City mobile home. FEMA said 16,000 federal employees, including over 8,000 military personnel, were helping with response efforts.