The state's meteorological service sounded the weather alarm on Sunday morning
An orange status warning for heavy rain and flooding was issued for counties Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford. The alert is valid for 24 hours from 4.00am on Monday.Met Eireann said people should expect flooding, dangerous travel conditions and poor visibility for the duration of the orange alert.The heavy rain alert is valid from 6.00pm on Sunday through to 6.00pm on Monday. The warning applies to counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Galway.
The latest weather alerts from Met Eireann follow hot on the heels of the devastation visited upon parts of Co Cork by the deadly Storm Babet this week. "What we’re going to do now is at the thresholds that we have for the warnings, and we’re going to change them in reflection of what’s happening in the climate,” head of forecasting Eoin Sherlock told RTE's Morning Ireland.
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