Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

Rural Ontario communities get $5.5M to help extreme weather cleanup

The Ontario government has pledged millions to help 22 small municipalities clean up after extreme weather battered them last summer, leaving flattened woodlands and damaged homes in its wake, but the costs of damage exceed the funding total.

Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

TWEED, Ont. - Nearly two dozen small municipalities in Ontario will share $5.5 million to help with recovering from extreme weather.

Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

The government says the money is being provided on a one-time basis for municipalities that asked for help

Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

Don DeGenova, mayor of Tweed, in eastern Ontario, says residents have been living "under an umbrella of fear" since a July 24 tornado and he is grateful for the funding.

Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

Nearly two dozen small municipalities in Ontario will share $5.5 million to help with recovering from extreme weather.

Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

TWEED, Ont. — Nearly two dozen small municipalities in Ontario will share $5.5 million to help with recovering from extreme weather.