Parts of the south experienced a months worth of rain over 24 hours. The Head of forecasting at Met Éireann has admitted that the forecaster may need “to do a little bit better” after complaints were raised over the lack of a Status Red warning issued for the south of the country during Storm Babet. […]

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Images shared online from Cork show cars nearly completely submerged by water. The Irish Defence Forces have been deployed to Cork to provide aid as the county has seen “unprecedented” flooding due to Storm Babet. Earlier in the week, the storm was named by the UK Met Office as Met Éireann stated that heavy rainfall […]

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Update: 1pm, 17 October Three counties have even been assigned a Status Orange warning. Several weather warnings have been issued for Ireland as Storm Babet is set to bring “heavy rain”. Met Éireann has said that this heavy rainfall is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday, especially across southern parts of the country, ahead of the […]

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