HALIFAX -- It will be at least until the end of the month before cost estimates are available in Nova Scotia for the damage caused by heavy rain from a storm that swept across the Maritime provinces last week.
Tracy Barron of the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office says once the damage assessment is complete, officials will consider whether it's necessary to ask for help under the federal disaster assistance program.
Dozens of roads were shut down following the two-day storm, mainly along the south shore and in the central and northern areas of the province.
The Transportation Department says all but two roads that were closed have since reopened.
A spokeswoman for New Brunswick's Transportation Department says it's also too early to estimate the cost of damage that has left several roads closed, mainly in the southeast corner of the province near Moncton.
Early estimates in Prince Edward Island place the cost of replacing culverts and repairing roads in the western part of the province at about $5 million.
