"This is not an ordinary storm!"

With Storm Brendan causing a wave of orange and red warnings across the country, Dermot and Dave chat to their go-to weather expert, Alan O'Reilly (of @CarlowWeather) for an update.

Alan warns of the seriousness posed by this freak of nature saying; "it's a very unusual weather phenomenon to see such a powerful storm develop so quickly".

Squall line continues to move East with intense rain and severe gusts. #StormBrendan pic.twitter.com/hbWkUahKuF

— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) January 13, 2020

But there is a positive; "it's gonna move through pretty quickly is the only probably the only good thing about it".

Catch Alan's report in full by pressing the play button on screen.