It’s officially storm season.
Storm Ali battered Ireland on Wednesday, resulting in a infrastructural damage, loss of electricity in 140,000 homes, and two deaths.
Now it appears as though Ireland will be facing even more adverse weather, with Storm Bronagh poised to reach our shores from the west today (September 20).
The announcement of Storm Bronagh follows a Status Yellow rainfall warning published this morning by Met Éireann — which will affect seven counties along the south and southeast of Ireland: Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford. This warning will remain in effect until 9pm on Thursday night.
Now, Met Éireann has named the storm, in conjunction with the UK’s Met Office.
A statement from the Met Office on Thursday morning confirmed “An intense low-pressure system, which will develop across parts of Wales and South West England during this evening before spreading further eastwards across England, has been named Storm Bronagh by the Met Office and Met Éireann.”
Bronagh is the second named storm of the season.
A video published by the Met Office shows where the rainfall will be concentrated.
❗Today's weather system has been named #StormBronagh. Yellow warnings are in force, with heavy rain and strong winds across parts of #England and #Wales pic.twitter.com/BEjJm1Dtyo
— Met Office (@metoffice) September 20, 2018
Storm Ali resulted in postponement of the National Ploughing Championships and a national Status Orange warning — so by comparison, Bronagh is not expected to be as severe.
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