The centre of Storm Brian which brought flooding to parts of the country on the 21st of October has passed the east of the country and moved over Britain.
The storm brought heavy downpours and powerful winds, including strong northwesterly winds to the west coast, with gusts of 110 and 130km/h. These winds were expected to move northwards and eastwards as the evening progressed. Parts of Limerick city along O’Callaghan Strand were flooded this morning due to a combination of high tides and heavy rain, but a clean-up is underway, with Limerick Council reporting that water levels are now falling on the river Shannon. The council said there was also flooding in front of Sarsfield House, Merchant’s Quay plaza and Limerick Courthouse Potato Market. Met Éireann has a status yellow wind warning in place for Leinster and counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford until 11.59pm on Saturday night. Winds with mean speeds of 55 to 65 km/h are expected, with gusts of up to 110 km/h. The winds will gradually moderate and showers will become more scattered, but it will remain very windy in the north and east of the country, the forecaster said. In a statement on Saturday afternoon, the chairman of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group, Seán Hogan, said: “The rainfall is not finished but the extent of damage, flooding and disruption has been limited and in line with expectations for this type of Atlantic storm. The National Emergency Co-ordination Group warned Storm Brian is likely to impact on ESB work following Storm Ophelia and may increase the current number of customers without power.ESB Networks crews have restored power to a further 10,500 homes, farms and businesses, bringing the total reconnected to more than 356,000 customers. Work continues to restore power to the remaining 19,500 customers.
The storm brought heavy downpours and powerful winds, including strong northwesterly winds to the west coast, with gusts of 110 and 130km/h. These winds were expected to move northwards and eastwards as the evening progressed. Parts of Limerick city along O’Callaghan Strand were flooded this morning due to a combination of high tides and heavy rain, but a clean-up is underway, with Limerick Council reporting that water levels are now falling on the river Shannon. The council said there was also flooding in front of Sarsfield House, Merchant’s Quay plaza and Limerick Courthouse Potato Market. Met Éireann has a status yellow wind warning in place for Leinster and counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford until 11.59pm on Saturday night. Winds with mean speeds of 55 to 65 km/h are expected, with gusts of up to 110 km/h. The winds will gradually moderate and showers will become more scattered, but it will remain very windy in the north and east of the country, the forecaster said. In a statement on Saturday afternoon, the chairman of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group, Seán Hogan, said: “The rainfall is not finished but the extent of damage, flooding and disruption has been limited and in line with expectations for this type of Atlantic storm. The National Emergency Co-ordination Group warned Storm Brian is likely to impact on ESB work following Storm Ophelia and may increase the current number of customers without power.ESB Networks crews have restored power to a further 10,500 homes, farms and businesses, bringing the total reconnected to more than 356,000 customers. Work continues to restore power to the remaining 19,500 customers.