Storm Austen: Met Éireann forecasts intense rain across Ireland with warnings for 18 counties
Ireland is preparing for Storm Austen, with Met Éireann issuing status orange rain warnings for 18 counties. Local authorities in Waterford and Cork are mobilizing flood defenses and sandbags to mitigate potential damage.
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Waterford bracing for storm Waterford is bracing for the Status orange rain warning which is due to come into effect in the next hour, Darragh Murphy reports.
The local authority are prepared, with crews on call to deal with issues as they arise.
Waterford Fire Service and the Swift Water Response Teams are also ready to mobilise.
Local TD Conor McGuinness said on social media in the last 30 minutes that there is already a lot of surface water on the N25, as well as on regional and local roads across the county.
Waterford City and County Council confirmed that sandbags are available and ready to be distributed at council depots.
McGuinness said that following a visit to the council’s depot in Dungarvan this evening, that there is a good supply of sandbags available.
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