Storm Ali at peak in Co Kildare with gusts of 90km per hour & lots of fallen trees

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Storm Ali is now wreaking havoc throughout the county with electricity out in many areas and trees falling.

Robertstown to Prosperous Road 

There are reports of gusts now blowing across Leinster of 90 to 100km per hour.

Today there are almost 5,000 people without electricity around the county.

Over 2,000 homes are reported to be without electricity  in Carbury and several hundred  in the Lakelands and Esmondale areas of Naas.

A fault is  also leaving over 1,000 homes without electricity between Johnstownbridge and Cloona.

Meanwhile several roads are blocked due to fallen trees. On the N78  a tree , with the road blocked  on the Carlow side of Athy.

Also there is a tree down just after the Three Counties, Athy to Carlow Road.

There are also reports of fallen trees and debris on the Kilcullen to Curragh Road. There are also fallen trees at Painstown Cross, between Kilcock to Clane.

Also there are trees down on the Barrowhouse Road outside Athy. Also there is a tree down at Millicent Bridge, Kildare, while the Mucklin Road is impassable.

There are also several trees down on the Rathangan to Edenderry Road.

A Status Orange weather warning remains in effect in Kildare, and in 12 other counties, until 1pm.