The tornadoes that hit Durham, Markdale and the Blue Mountains caused more than 22 million dollars in damage — and that number is expected to rise.
Officials in West Grey and the Blue Mountains have estimated the damage from the twisters on August 20th at 10 million dollars each.
Grey Highlands has estimated the damage in the Markdale area at two million dollars.
Officials in all three communities are meeting with staff from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs today to help build their cases for provincial funding.
West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles lifted a state of emergency on Monday but says that doesn’t mean they can’t qualify for disaster funding.
Eccles says it just means there are no longer any dangerous situations as part of the clean-up and recovery effort.
All three communities continue to ask residents to fill out property damage report forms.
Eccles says those reports will help build their case for funding with the province.
Environment Canada now confirms nine tornadoes and two probable twisters touched down in Ontario on August 20th.
The agency’s Geoff Coulson says the F2 tornado that hit Grey County had a trail of 36 kilometres long — the longest track of any he remembers since the deadly tornadoes that hit Barrie and the Grand Valley in 1985.