Storm Bert LIVE updates as 'multi-hazard weather event' hits Ireland

Storm Bert is expected to cause significant flooding impacts, which will continue across the weekend even after the rainfall warnings expire

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Nov 23 2024
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Storm Bert has arrived in Ireland, leading to heavy downpours and severe flooding in some areas around the country.

Storm Bert becomes the second storm of the 2024/2025 season, bringing another change to the weather this weekend as it displaces the cold Arctic airmass, which brought snow and subzero temperatures to many areas of Ireland this week, resulting in a number of low temperatures, ice and snow warnings.

Met Eireann issued status red rainfall warnings for Cork and Galway from midnight until 10am on Saturday morning as rainfall accumulations of more than 60mm in 12 hours are expected for western parts of Cork and western parts of Galway.

Rainfall levels forecasted for other areas of these two counties are likely to fall under orange level thresholds (approx. 40 – 55mm in 12 hours).

Furthermore a yellow rainfall and wind warning has been issued countrywide, while accumulations of around 25mm of rain are likely in a six to 12 hour period quite widely across Ireland.

The national forecaster has warned that flooding impacts are expected during the whole weekend. Met Eireann say that rain is the main feature of this storm, and it is expected to cause significant flooding impacts, which will continue across the weekend even after the rainfall warnings expire, due to the delayed effect of rivers discharge.

Yellow wind levels will be felt across the country in two waves: Firstly on Friday night into Saturday morning, with a lull on Saturday afternoon. The winds will then pick up again on Saturday evening, especially in the south and southeast as a new yellow level wind warning comes into effect. Further yellow level winds are forecast in the northwest for Sunday.

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09:21Ruairi Scott Byrne

Weather warnings

Status Yellow - Snow-Ice, Rain and Wind warning for Donegal

Active: Friday 10pm to Saturday 12pm.
Potential impacts: Difficult travelling conditions; poor visibility; fallen trees and localised flooding.

Status Yellow - Wind and Rain warning for Leinster, Munster, Connacht, Cavan and Monaghan

Active: Friday 10pm to Saturday 12pm.
Potential impacts: Localised flooding; travel disruption and fallen trees.

Status Red - Rain warning for Galway and Cork

Active: 12am to 10am, Saturday.
Potential impacts: Severe flooding; damage to homes & businesses and dangerous/treacherous travelling conditions.

Status Orange - Rain warning for Waterford, Kerry, Clare, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim

Active: 12am to 10am, Saturday.
Potential impacts: Surface flooding; possible river flooding; very difficult travelling conditions and poor visibility.

Status Yellow - Wind warning for Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Wicklow

Active: 5pm Saturday to 2am on Sunday.
Potential impacts: Fallen trees; debris, loose objects displaced and difficult travelling conditions.

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09:18Ruairi Scott Byrne

Bus Éireann cancellations

Bus Éireann have said that following an assessment of the available information from Met Éireann and the likely impact, a number of services on the Western side of both counties, scheduled to operate between those times, have been cancelled. All other services in Cork and Galway are scheduled to operate as normal but are likely to be subject to delays.

List of cancellations:

Route 236:

Bantry / Cork: 07:00 from Bantry cancelled
Glengarriff / Cork: 09:35 from Glengarriff cancelled
Cork / Castletownbere: 08.30 from Cork cancelled

Route 237:

Skibbereen / Cork: 06:45 from Skibbereen cancelled
Goleen / Cork: 07:50 from Goleen cancelled

Route 270:

Killarney/Skibbereen: 09:00 from Killarney cancelled.
Skibbereen / Killarney: 06:00 from Skibbereen cancelled
Bantry / Skibbereen: 08.00 from Bantry cancelled

Route 270:

Killarney/Kenmare services: prior to 10:00hrs, services will operate to Glenflesk only

Route 279:

Tralee/Killarney via Killorglin: prior to 10:00hrs, services will operate Tralee/Killarney direct via N22, not serving Milltown/Killorglin.

Route 423:

Clifden / Westport: 07:05 from Clifden cancelled
Clifden / Westport: 09:05 from Clifden cancelled
Westport / Clifden: 07:10 from Westport cancelled
Westport / Clifden: 09:10 from Westport cancelled

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09:00Ruairi Scott Byrne

Irish Rail delays

Irish Rail has announced that a number of services have been delayed to flooding.

The 07:15 Westport to Heuston service departed Westport station approximately 80 minutes late due to flooding in the area.
The 06:40 Sligo to Connolly service is delayed at Boyle due to flooding.

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08:52Ruairi Scott Byrne

Over 30,000 without power

More than 30,000 homes, farms and businesses are without electricity as Storm Bert continues to batter the country.

West Donegal has been worst affected, with massive power outages in Dungloe, Bunbeg and Glenties seeing 8,847 premises affected according to the ESB’s online PowerCheck service.

A large number of faults were reported in the early hours of this Saturday morning and it's understood repair crews are being mobilised and deployed where it is safe and conditions allow.