Manatee County Milton damage estimate tops $350M

12:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15

Nearly a week after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Manatee County staff members have completed their initial assessments of damages. Their estimate, based on "windshield assessments," is that damage tops $351 million in unincorporated Manatee County. 

Seventy residential properties and two commercial structures have been destroyed, officials say. The commercial structures are an office/warehouse space at 320 9th Street and a mail kiosk at 2943 Newbern Banks Drive, according to a spokesperson for the county.