Flooding expected as rainfall warnings issued for 8 counties throughout Ireland

A Status Yellow rainfall weather warning has been issued for a number of counties in Kildare ahead of some expected flooding around the country in the next 48 hours.

Rainfall has been torrential across many parts of Ireland since Monday night, and it is expected to get heavier in the next day or so. Counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford have all been issued with weather warnings.

Met Éireann are warning that in the 24-hour period from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon, there’ll be between 30 and 50 mm of rain in many areas with a risk of flooding.

The weather warning will be in place from 2pm tomorrow afternoon and will remain valid until 2pm on Friday.