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Status Orange warning issued for several counties over Bank Holiday weekend

Status Orange warning issued for several counties over Bank Holiday weekend

The impacts of the weather conditions include ‘expected flooding’ and ‘very difficult travelling conditions’. Three counties have been issued a Status Orange weather warning as “heavy” rain is set to hit Ireland. The orange rain alert from Met Éireann applies to the counties Donegal, Galway and Mayo and is scheduled to take effect from 12am […]

1 year ago

10 counties issued with weather warnings by Met Eireann

10 counties issued with weather warnings by Met Eireann

A rough end to the weekend. Met Éireann have issued weather warnings to ten counties for Sunday as rain and winds are expected to batter the island. Over the weekend, four weather warnings have been issued, including one Status Orange and three Status Yellow – two for rainfall and one for wind. A Status Orange […]

2 years ago

Status orange wind warning for “damaging gusts” issued for Cork and Kerry

Status orange wind warning for “damaging gusts” issued for Cork and Kerry

Take note. Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange wind warning for Cork and Kerry valid from 8pm on Wednesday evening until midnight. It warns that southwest to west winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with damaging gusts of 120km/h for a time early tonight. The forecaster also says there could be […]

5 years ago

Met Éireann has issued an updated Orange weather warning for 15 counties

Met Éireann has issued an updated Orange weather warning for 15 counties

Looks like we can have too much of a good thing as another weather warning is issued. Unless your whole summer’s sun cream stock has already been depleted, there isn’t going to be much optimism on the weather front as Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange weather warning to 15 counties with thunderstorms set to […]

8 years ago