"Met Éireann has issued rainfall alerts for 11 counties as further downpours on top of already swollen rivers and saturated land threaten potentially damaging flooding across Munster, Leinster and Ulster. The worst of the flooding is expected tonight and early tomorrow morning across Wicklow and Waterford, though flooding is also possible in nine other counties, particularly Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin."
"An Orange rain warning for Waterford has been issued for 9am today until 9am tomorrow. Dublin and Wicklow have been hit with both Status Yellow and Status Orange rain warnings over the course of the next 24 hours or so. A yellow warning is in place for both counties between 9am and midday. This will then change to Status Orange from 12pm Thursday until the same time on Friday."
"Councils are working to put in place pumps, aqua dams (inflatable temporary flood systems), sandbags and temporary floodgates in affected counties. Since November, Wexford has experienced its wettest three-month period for almost a century. Between Storm Claudia in November and Storm Chandra last month, a total of 652.5mm of rainfall was recorded at the Johnstown Castle weather station - the highest level of rainfall for 85 years."
Met Éireann has issued rainfall alerts for 11 counties as additional downpours threaten potentially damaging flooding across Munster, Leinster and Ulster. The worst flooding is expected tonight and early tomorrow morning in Wicklow and Waterford, with flooding also possible in Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin. An Orange rain warning is in place for Waterford from 9am today to 9am tomorrow, and Dublin and Wicklow face yellow then orange warnings between 9am and Friday midday. Councils are deploying pumps, aqua dams, sandbags and temporary floodgates in affected counties. Heavy rain follows an exceptionally wet November–January period in parts of the southeast.
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