HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Towns and cities are reporting an estimated $18 million in damage from last week’s heavy rains and flooding.

The report from the state Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security includes damage estimates submitted by 85 towns.

The report was given to Gov. M. Jodi Rell after nine straight days of rain that ended last weekend.

James Thomas, commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, said the north central and northeastern parts of Connecticut were hardest hit.

Thomas said his staff will tour some areas with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency as early as Tuesday.

Rell is expected to request a presidential disaster declaration that would make the state and its municipalities eligible for federal assistance.

The $18 million estimate does not include damage to state property, which state agencies are still assessing.

The Department of Environmental Protection is calculating repair costs to state-owned dams, while the Department of Transportation is assessing damage to Interstate 91, where a 40-foot sinkhole opened up last week.

Rell said she’s not certain whether the state will be eligible for federal assistance.

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