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Status Orange alert for rainfall in place across Cork and Waterford on Sunday

The alert is in place for a 24-hour period, beginning midnight on Sunday.

LAST UPDATE | 27 Sep 2024

A STATUS ORANGE alert for rain will be in place across counties Cork and Waterford on Sunday.

The alert is in place from 12pm on Sunday until midnight on Monday.

There will be dangerous driving conditions, some flooding and poor visibility during that period, Met Éireann has said.

A Status Yellow alert for wind and rain will also in place across both of the counties from midnight on Sunday.

The same Yellow alert is also in place across Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow and Kerry from midnight on Sunday until midnight on Monday.

The Meteorological Service also warns that persistent, and at times heavy, rain could lead to localised flooding, poor visibility, and difficult travelling conditions.

Nationwide today, it’s cool and breezy with sunny spells and scattered showers and it will turn cool tonight with lowest temperatures of one to six degrees with good, clear spells developing.

Tomorrow will start mostly dry with scattered cloud and good sunny spells at times. However, a few showers will develop in places, with highest temperatures of 11 to 14 degrees.

The weather will then take a turn on Saturday night and into Sunday.

Rain, heavy in parts, will spread up from the southwest over much of the country during Saturday night and into Sunday, with a Status Yellow alert in place across Cork, Waterford and Wexford.

There will also be fresh to strong and gusty easterly winds, with highest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees.

There will also be a slightly wet start to next week, with Monday morning bringing dry periods but also some scattered outbreaks of rain.

Cork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team convened this evening ahead of the bout of bad weather, with crews deployed earlier in the day to inspect known risk locations across Cork.

Crews will continue to monitor the situation throughout the weekend, the council said. Pumping arrangements will be in place in known problem locations.

The council is asking members of the public to exercise caution as driving conditions may be dangerous, with surface flooding possible.

Motorists are advised to avoid driving through flowing or standing water and to exercise caution during heavy rain. Motorists are also asked to be conscious of cyclists and pedestrians.

Issues such as flooding and road damage should be reported to the Council’s ‘Emergency Out of Hours’ number (021) 4800048.

Call 999 or 112 and request the Fire Service, Ambulance Service, Gardaí or Irish Coastguard as appropriate.

In the event of disruption to water supply, please contact Uisce Éireann at 1800 278 278.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 12:54 PM

    Journal trying to trigger people with the umbrella choice…

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:00 PM

    @colm: People get triggered by this?… they need Counseling

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:16 PM

    @Thesaltyurchin: They think they’re being brainwashed and an agenda is being pushed. Poor things.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 2:51 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: Was talking to your Ma on the Ouija board again. She told me to tell you to brush your teeth.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 3:33 PM

    @Brendan O’Brien: They are being brainwashed, the choice of umbrella was not random!

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    Sep 27th 2024, 3:41 PM

    @Brian Hunt: who is being brainwashed?

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    Sep 27th 2024, 5:37 PM

    @Kevin Kerr: Not you Kevin, you know it all!

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    Sep 27th 2024, 8:07 PM

    @Brian Hunt: in fairness he does…..& He’s never wrong…..well,if you dare question the guru of enlightenment he’ll be straight onto matron to get your comments deleted, lol

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    Sep 28th 2024, 12:24 PM

    @Brian Hunt: Do you guys get offended when a rainbow appears in the sky too?

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    Sep 28th 2024, 3:37 PM

    @Brian Hunt: I notice you didn’t answer my question

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    Sep 28th 2024, 11:20 PM

    @Diarmuid Hunt: Total idiot!

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:02 PM

    You know it’s a quiet day at the office when rain in Ireland makes the news!

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:10 PM

    @Brian Hunt: that’s why it’s typical.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 8:19 PM

    @Brian Hunt: Easy know that you’ve never been affected by flooding.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 10:14 PM

    @mark sheehan: Fair point!

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:05 PM

    Is the rain gay?

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:11 PM

    @Eric Gaffney: was Gene Kelly.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:13 PM

    @Eric Gaffney: Only if you swallow it

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:19 PM

    @Eric Gaffney: You could say so about thunder storms, two bodies carrying the same liquids collide, generating a climax event of energy with the release of such liquids.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 3:03 PM

    @Eric Gaffney: It’s not gay if you beat them up afterwards. Like I do with Brendan.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:07 PM

    Ivana, Leo’s right.

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    Sep 27th 2024, 1:00 PM

    It’s going to rain so !

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    Sep 27th 2024, 8:37 PM

    Queer weather on the way

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    Sep 27th 2024, 12:13 PM

    Typical

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    Sep 27th 2024, 9:12 PM

    Fliuch it all!’

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