A STATUS ORANGE wind warning has been issued for the entire country as Storm Georgina sets to barrel through Ireland.

Met Éireann issued the warning at 2pm and it will be in place from midnight until 5am tomorrow.

The storm will track the northwest of the country overnight bringing southwest winds which will reach mean speeds of between 65 and 80 km/h. It will bring gusts up to 120 km/h.

#StormGeorgina has been named by @MetEireann and will bring strong #winds across Ireland through the early hours of Wednesday. Yellow warnings are also in force across the UK, stay #weatheraware pic.twitter.com/tHIWD0n6yq
— Met Office (@metoffice) January 23, 2018

Met Office / Twitter

A status yellow rainfall warning is also in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo and Clare.

The storm will then continue on to the UK where the Met Office is warning that homes and businesses are at risk of flooding.

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