MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — As of Wednesday, the damage toll in Manatee County was estimated at more than $12.5 million for residential property owners, and the amount is expected to rise.
County officials said they’re still assessing the damage left behind by Hurricane Debby.
In Bradenton, families were able to return home Wednesday after flooding forced them out of their homes.
Allison Hogue was throwing away everything soaked by floodwater and running fans nonstop to dry out her home on Logan Road.
“Everything is destroyed, everything on the floor line. We’ve got to rip out cabinets today. We’re really concerned about mold growing because of the humidity, it just grows so fast,” Hogue said.
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Hogue is grateful to have flood insurance but admits the experience has been devastating.
“It’s hard. It’s hard emotionally, and also physically. We’ve been working sun up to sun down,” she said.
Others are in even worse situations, they’ve lost everything and they don’t have flood insurance to cover it.