Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath touring Windsor flood damage

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

• Residents plead for help as provincial disaster relief team surveys Windsor flood damage

• Windsor residents warn of scavengers sorting through flood-damaged items

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.

• Southwestern Ont. mayors call for province to help people who can't get flood insurance

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.