Rain warnings have been issued for parts of Ulster and Munster ahead of Storm Ciarán.
The storm was named by the UK Met Office yesterday, which has issued an amber rain warning for Antrim, Armagh and Down from 9pm tonight until 9am tomorrow.Met Éireann has a status yellow rain warning for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Tyrone and Derry in place since 10am this morning to midday tomorrow.
In the far south of Ireland, a status yellow rain warning is in place for Kerry from midday tomorrow to midday Wednesday. Met Éireann said there will be heavy showers or longer spells of rain at times over Ireland today, tomorrow and Wednesday, with flooding likely in places, as soils are saturated and river levels are high.Current indications suggest the heaviest rain and strongest winds will be in Munster and Leinster with flooding likely.
"Then, more widespread and potentially heavy rain on Tuesday will lead to a further deterioration in ground conditions and river levels.This wet weather in the early days of this week is likely to exacerbate the impact of Storm Ciarán on Wednesday evening and Thursday.
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