Met Ireland has issued a new batch of urgent weather warnings for parts of Ireland.
The state weather service issued a severe weather warning Sunday morning.
An orange warning for heavy rainfall and flooding has been issued for counties Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford. The warning is valid for 24 hours from 4:00 a.m. on Monday.
Met Eireann said people should expect flooding, hazardous travel conditions and poor visibility while the orange alert is in force, reports The Mirror.
The first of two yellow severe weather warnings is for heavy rainfall and affects six counties.
The heavy rainfall warning is in force from 6pm on Sunday until 6pm on Monday. The warning applies to Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Galway.
Met Eireann says in addition to localized flooding, thunderstorms are possible while the yellow weather warning is in place, reports The Mirror.
The second yellow warning also applies to heavy rainfall and covers counties Carlow, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow and Roscommon. This warning is valid from 4:00 a.m. Monday until 4:00 a.m. Tuesday.
Met Irene’s latest weather warnings follow the devastation that hit parts of County Cork this week from severe Storm Babette.
“What we’re going to do now is [look] 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, reports The Mirror.
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