Hamilton deals with the aftermath of rainstorm

The sun is finally out butHamilton is still feeling the aftermath of the past few days of rainfall.

Dave Phillips of EnvironmentCanada says in the monthof May,Hamilton usually gets aboutabout80millimetresof rain.

Hamilton saw 82millimetresof rain in just the first week of the month.

The city of Hamilton isreminding residents to be cautious around watercourses and to continue to take steps to prevent flooding in and around their homes.

After the April 20 rainstorm that flooded parts of Dundas, homeowners of Hamilton were eligible to apply forcompassionate grants under the Residential Municipal Disaster Relief Assistance Program for those who suffered losses.

City spokeswoman Jasmine Grahamsays at this time, council has not formally requested a Residential Municipal Disaster Relief Assistance Program for basement flooding caused by the most recentrainfall.

However, CouncillorChad Collins (Ward 5) does have a motion pending for Wednesday's council meetingregarding this.

Graham says that there were 12 homes that reported sewer back-ups in their basement.

Here are some updates on re-opened roadsand closures:

• York Road in Dundas is still closed whilethe city to assesses adamaged culvert and embankment, an update is expected later today.

• A mudslide on Kenilworth Access late Friday afternoon has since been cleaned and the accessre-opened.

• A stretch between the Kenilworth Access and the Sherman East Legis still closed while crews remove a rock above the roadway.

Sherman West Leg,closed yesterday while crews repaired the shoulder, has re-opened but is still down to one lane for the 250 metresstretch closed to the stairs.That will be the setup until later this summer when it will be closed for remediation work.

Sports fields are still closed and areexpecting to re-open onMay 13.

The Waterfront Trail is still closed the city says they willfollow up on the status of that in the coming days.

Grahamsays the city doesn't currently have a damage estimate for the rainfall event andit will likely take a few weeks to get.