Tweed, Ont. township struggling to recover from summer storm – Kingston | 24CA News

The township of Tweed, Ont., continues to be recovering from the aftermath of a twister that devastated the realm final summer time.

Owner of a zen forest meditation retreat, Thich Tong Tri, says numerous bushes on his land have been uprooted by the storm and have but to be replanted. He was at his retreat when the twister got here by means of however was unhurt.

“I was here and I just pray for everybody be okay, not get hurt, so I not fear,” he informed Global News.

Tri has been working to restore the damages, counting on volunteers to assist him.

“It’s very difficult, we don’t have too many volunteers but we’re still looking for more volunteers,” he mentioned.

According to the township’s mayor, Don Degenova, Tri just isn’t alone.

Tweed as an entire has not obtained a lot assist from the federal authorities, Degenova mentioned.

“We were really caught off guard when we were told that we weren’t getting any funding because they indicated we didn’t meet the threshold,” he mentioned.

Degenova believes storms like final summer time’s will develop into extra widespread, and the federal and provincial governments want a greater plan for serving to affected areas.

“We have to learn with climate change, we have to learn to live with the impact, we know that we’re gonna have major storms like this but we need to know that someone has our backs,” he mentioned.

In the meantime, Tri is doing his half to assist the realm he has made his dwelling get better, one seed at a time.

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