It’s three days into the cleanup from last Friday’s severe storm – and there’s a lot more than three days to go.

“We’re still somewhat in the preliminary stages of determining just how much damage we are dealing with,” Kim Nihls, Kitchener’s supervisor of tree services, tells CTV.

In Kitchener alone, officials has received more than 300 calls about downed trees and other damage.

Those calls were tiered, with many incidents that might merit a quick response under normal conditions still yet to be checked out by city workers.

“We’re still dealing with partially blocked roads. We have yet to even get into our parks,” says Nihls.

Damage that led to blocked roads and trapped residents was the top priority for Kitchener crews, who are now moving on to blocked sidewalks and driveways.

The next step will be to look at trees leaning on buildings and fences knocked down, followed by trees that fell without damaging or blocking anything else.

“The priority is to get the streets cleared, and then the sidewalks and driveways so that poepel can get to and from work and go about their business,” says Nihls.

In Waterloo, work is continuing under a similar triage system, with crews still working to clear roads before moving on to blocked sidewalks and driveways.

City officials estimated that thousands of properties were affected by the storm, with the hardest hit areas south of University Avenue and east of the expressway.

Cambridge officials say they received 65 storm-related calls Friday alone.

Region of Waterloo waste management officials say the best way to dispose of trees taken down by the storm is to put them out for curbside collection.

Trees must be cut into bundles no longer than three feet, with individual branches no wider than three inches in diameter, due to equipment restrictions.

“We’re encouraging residents to prepare as much of their storm debris as possible for their regular curbside yard waste pickup,” says waste management spokesperson Cari Rastas Howard.

With Brant County hit hard by the storm, the Grand River Conservation Authority has closed a section of the Cambridge to Paris Rail Trail between Glen Morris and Paris.

The trail is not expected to reopen until the end of the week at the earliest.