Clean-Ups Continue From Storm Isha As Storm Jocelyn On Its Way
Storm Jocelyn has been named with weather warnings issued in advance.
#StormJocelyn has now been named for tomorrow Tuesday with Orange warnings issued for Donegal, Galway and Mayo! pic.twitter.com/TeHlr79sS4
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) January 22, 2024
There will be weather warnings in place nationally from midday on Tuesday, and include two status orange alerts.
There will be a status orange wind warning for Galway and Mayo from 12pm tomorrow which will run for 12 hours, while from 6pm there will be a similar alert for Donegal until 2am on Wednesday.
⚠️#StormJocelyn has been named by Met Éireann
A mature low pressure system will bring very strong southwest to west winds with severe & damaging gusts
Onset from Tuesday 18:00 23/01/2024
Keep updated here⬇️https://t.co/w5QtJ1UyEP pic.twitter.com/HPqD7xGJva— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 22, 2024
Met Eireann says there will be status yellow wind alerts running in the rest of the country from midday.
Local authority crews are working to clear roads across the country this morning.
Fallen trees are blocking a number of routes, with the west and north-west worst affected.
A status yellow wind alert will remain in place along the west coast until seven o'clock this evening - with more nationwide warnings issued for tomorrow.
Around 235,000 homes and businesses were without power earlier this morning.
15 flights had to divert to Shannon Airport over the course of Storm Isha yesterday and early this morning.
It included a London Stansted to Edinburgh flight, which had to divert to the airport at just after half two.
The airport says it will remain available to facilitate further diversions if needed.
29 inbound and outbound flights have been cancelled at Dublin Airport this morning.
DAA says the airport is operating as normal today, following 166 cancellations and 36 diversions yesterday.
