Status Orange Rain Warning for Cork Remains in Effect

A Met Éireann Status Orange Rain warning for Cork remains in effect until 1.00pm on Wednesday. Spells of heavy rain with blustery east to southeast winds at times may lead to localised flooding, poor visibility, difficult driving conditions and possible wave overtopping at high tide.

Cork County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team convened this afternoon to assess the current situation. Council crews remain on standby in several known risk locations across the county and have been clearing debris from inlets and gullies to address surface flooding issues.

Sandbags and pumping arrangements are currently in place in known problem locations. Flood barriers have been raised in Mallow and Fermoy with no traffic restrictions currently in place. Spot flooding is occurring at locations along the road network including the R595 Baltimore Road.

The Council is asking members of the public to exercise extreme caution as driving conditions may be hazardous, with surface flash flooding possible. Motorists are advised to avoid driving through flowing or standing water and to exercise caution during heavy rain. Motorists are also asked to be especially conscious of vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians.

With high river levels members of the public are advised to stay high, stay dry and stay away from the coast, rivers and lakes.

Forecasted conditions may give rise to localised power outages. In the event of disruption to power supply, please contact ESB Networks at 1800 372 999.

In the event of disruption to water supply, please contact Uisce Éireann at 1800 278 278.

Issues such as flooding and road damage should be reported to your local Council Office during working hours (9am to 5pm), details of which can be found by visiting www.corkcoco.ie. Outside working hours, the Council can be contacted via its 'Emergency Out of Hours' number (021) 4800048.

Call 999 or 112 and request the Fire Service, Ambulance Service, Gardaí or Irish Coastguard as appropriate.

Cork County Council will continue to monitor this situation.