Sarasota County damage estimate over $440M from Hurricane Milton

  • By Elizabeth King
  • | 2:35 p.m. October 18, 2024
  • | Updated 9:50 a.m. October 21, 2024
The roof was peeled off a building on Palmer Boulevard in Sarasota County.
The roof was peeled off a building on Palmer Boulevard in Sarasota County.
Photo by Elizabeth King
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Initial “windshield damage” estimates are in from Sarasota County staff members following Hurricane Milton. They caution, however, that data may overlap with Hurricane Helene, which hit the region Sept. 26, almost two weeks before Hurricane Milton made landfall Oct. 9 near Siesta Key.

 

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