Nearly $450 million.

That's the latest Hurricane Florence structural loss estimate for residential and commercial buildings countywide from local officials, a number that covers much of the county and its municipalities and includes about $5.8 million in debris and nearly $138 million in contents.

The Category 1 storm that slammed into the Wilmington area Sept. 14 brought serious flooding in some areas of the county, along with winds as high as 105 mph that knocked trees into buildings and tore off parts of roofs as 2 feet of rain poured over several days.

The storm damage report issued this week included preliminary damage assessments for unincorporated areas of New Hanover that were conducted by the county's Building Safety Department via drive-by inspections. It also adds estimates from each of the county's incorporated communities -- Kure Beach, Carolina Beach, Wrightsville Beach and the city of Wilmington -- along with the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

The latest damage number from UNCW alone, also an early estimate that could change, is $139.6 million.

While the city of Wilmington's total in the report dated Oct. 1 was nearly $263 million, the unincorporated areas of New Hanover showed about $150 million worth of structural and content losses.

"As additional information is known about the full damage to buildings (i.e., as building evaluations are done versus just the initial drive-by inspection), this damage assessment number will likely change. Those building evaluations will have more detailed information of buildings with minor damages, major damages, those that are destroyed, etc.," stated county spokeswoman Jessica Loeper in an email Thursday.

The unincorporated county numbers are based on about 95 percent of the unincorporated areas, with 5 percent still inaccessible because of flooding, washed out roads/terrains and downed trees, Loeper said.

"Inspectors will visit the remaining 5 percent when road conditions and terrains allow," the email stated.

According to a National Weather Service post-Hurricane Florence report, widespread flash flooding Sept. 14-15 closed roads and inundated neighborhoods in some parts of New Hanover County.

"The Northchase neighborhood was particularly hard hit with up to 3 feet of water entering homes. 350 water rescues were performed in the Wrightsboro and Ogden communities during the flash flooding," the report states.

For the area's beaches, the preliminary report shows $19 million in structural losses at Wrightsville Beach, $9 million at Carolina Beach and $2.5 million at Kure Beach.