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This scary photo sums up how bad the floods are

Thousands of homes and businesses are without electricity.

AS STORM FRANK batters the country, flooding has affected many counties.

Enniscorthy in County Wexford is one of the areas worst affected.

Patricia McNally captured this photo of rising flood waters in the town.

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Meanwhile, Paddy Banville shared this picture (on the right) of the town.

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We have all of the latest information on the storm here.

What’s it like where you are? You can send photos of the flooding to tips@thejournal.ie.

Read: Widespread flooding and 13,000 homes without power after Storm Frank

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