Financial assistance offered for December flood damage

TRURO — Colchester County residents who suffered uninsurable losses during flooding in December can apply to the province for financial assistance.

“The heavy rainfalls caused significant damage in some parts of the province,” Mark Furey, minister responsible for the emergency management office said in a recent news release.

“The disaster financial assistance program will help homeowners, small businesses and municipalities recover from their losses.”

From Dec. 9 to 12, up to 120 millimetres of rain fell in parts of mainland Nova Scotia, causing severe damage to homes and infrastructure.

Financial assistance is being offered to eligible residents in Colchester, Cumberland, Digby, Hants, Kings, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, Shelburne and Yarmouth counties and Halifax Regional Municipality. Some eligible expenses include evacuation operations, restoring public works and infrastructure to pre-disaster condition and replacing or repairing basic, essential personal property of individuals, small businesses and farmsteads.