20 counties are under some form of a rainfall warning today, with fears of flooding again in the south of the country.
Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford are under an orange level alert until 1am on Tuesday.
Met Éireann is warning of flooding, dangerous travelling conditions and poor visibility in the three counties affected by the orange alert.
Status Orange - Rain warning for Kilkenny, Wexford, Waterford
Heavy & persistent rain with thundery downpours possible🌧️⛈️
Impacts:
• Flooding
• Dangerous travel conditions
• Poor visibility
Valid: 04:00 Monday 23/10/2023 to 01:00 Tuesday 24/10/2023 pic.twitter.com/N78urERVkr— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 23, 2023
17 other counties are affected by yellow level rainfall warnings, for the midlands and the south, except for Kerry.
The first of these warnings affects counties Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway, Mayo and is in place until 6pm on Monday.
The second alert, for counties Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Roscommon until 1am on Tuesday.
Met Eireann, says the areas affected by the yellow level warnings will see heavy rain at times, and possibly thunder.
There are also fears about further flooding as the ground around the country is saturated, having been battered by Storm Babet last week.
