A lo­cal gov­ern­ment coun­cil­lor is call­ing for faster as­sis­tance for res­i­dents af­fect­ed by Tues­day’s se­vere weath­er, as re­ports of dam­age to homes in south­west­ern com­mu­ni­ties con­tin­ue to in­crease.

Ten homes were ini­tial­ly re­port­ed dam­aged in dis­tricts un­der the Siparia Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion fol­low­ing the freak storm. How­ev­er, Pa­lo Seco coun­cil­lor An­ton George said ad­di­tion­al re­ports have since been re­ceived from his elec­toral dis­trict, in­clud­ing one in­volv­ing a tree that fell on­to a house.

George said while no res­i­dents have been forced to leave their homes, the dam­age has sig­nif­i­cant­ly dis­rupt­ed their lives.