Ireland weather: Met Eireann issues rainfall alert for 14 counties and warns of thunder and flooding
Fourteen counties have been hit with a rainfall warning as the southern half of Ireland is to be washed out on Monday.
Met Eireann has issued the alert and warned there could be thunderstorms overnight as rain begins to bucket down. The caution will be in place for all of Munster, as well as Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Wexford, Wicklow, Offaly and Galway.Up to 40mm of rain is expected to fall in some of these areas during the 22-hour period.
A Met Eireann spokesman warned: "Heavy, possibly thundery, rain at times overnight and during Monday with accumulations of 25 to 40mm in places. Localised flooding may occur."Please check back regularly for updates on this developing story here at Irishmirror.ie.Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.
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