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Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath touring Windsor flood damage

Horwath is scheduled to meet with Mayor Drew Dilkens and area MPPs at City Hall at 10:30 a.m. Thursday before travelling to parts of the city hardest hit by last week's record-breaking rainfall.

Horwath is joined by the mayor and area MPPs

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Ontario's NDP leader Andrea Horwathis in Windsor Thursday to tourflood-affected areas.

Horwathmet with Mayor Drew Dilkens and area MPPs at City Hall at 10:30 a.m. before travelling to parts of the city hardest hit by last week's record-breaking rainfall.

More than 5,800 homes across Windsor-Essexwere flooded in the deluge that saw between 100 and 200 millimetres of rain fall on the region between August 28 and 29.

On Tuesday the city was visited by a team from Ontario's Ministry of Municipal Affairs, which will evaluate whether the extent of the damage qualifies homeowners for the province's disaster relief program.

Officials with the province's Disaster Relief team were in Windsor on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 to assess flood damage from last week's storms. (Dan Taekema/CBC)