As is the case in many other parts of the country, it’s not looking good down by the Lee, not looking good at all.
The Rebel County has been one of the counties worst affected by the truly horrible weather we’ve been having in the last few days and it would appear that the situation is not getting any better; if anything, it’s the opposite.
Numerous pictures on Twitter this evening have illustrated the extent of the flooding that has hit Ireland’s second city, the majority of which were taken before high tide, which is expected to be at approximately 9pm this evening.
That’s the grand parade and it’s not even high tide yet ! #corkfloods pic.twitter.com/0vdahAGmqx
— úna (@unahegs) February 4, 2014
South Mall #corkfloods pic.twitter.com/W4TSLkxPip
— Nick Dooge (@doogie_nights) February 4, 2014
#corkfloods Lancaster Quay. 50 more minutes of incoming tide 🙁 pic.twitter.com/oe9j8E0B8f
— Pat (@Patch99) February 4, 2014
The bulman Kinsale now pic.twitter.com/2oygE090ur
— Gazzman (@Garysull) February 4, 2014
Cork City; Wandesford Quay & Sharman Crawford Street flooded, and rising pic.twitter.com/TPB1FOd2Ep
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) February 4, 2014
Pier Head, Cork. River Lee rising fast. Major flooding expected. Avoid all unnecessary journeys in this areas please pic.twitter.com/MduKF0Wz3n
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) February 4, 2014
3 hrs to high tide river lee already looks likely to bust its banks #corkfloods pic.twitter.com/CxczPDyJPi
— Jamesie moynihan (@jamesmoynihan14) February 4, 2014
The Gardai and AA Roadwatch Twitter accounts have been posting constant updates about flooding and road closures in various parts of the country and you can keep in touch with the updates here @GardaTraffic and here @aaroadwatch.
According to Met Eireann, the forecast doesn’t look particularly good for the next few days either, but we can only hope that it starts to improve sooner rather than later.
Stay safe out there people.
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