Ireland weather: Warnings of floods, power cuts, travel disruption as Storm Agnes hits
- Storm Agnes: Met Éireann has warned of possible flooding, difficult travel conditions, power outages and some fallen trees as the storm makes landfall.
- Weather warning: A status orange wind and rain warning is due to come into force at 9am in Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, Kilkenny and Carlow. The updated warning was issued at 9pm on Tuesday night.
- A status yellow rain warning has been issued for several counties across Munster and Leinster, specifically Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry and Waterford. Heavy rain is forecast under the warning between 7am and midnight.
- Met Éireann has issued its most up to date forecast for today and it is bad. Storm Agnes will track north-eastwards across Ireland with disruption likely in places. It will be wet and very windy with strong to gale force winds. Strong onshore winds and high seas will bring the risk of coastal flooding on eastern and southern coasts. The south and east will get the worse of the wind and rain.
Good morning. My name is Ronan McGreevy and I will be live blogging Storm Agnes today. If you have any observations, photographs or comments, you can contact me at ronan.mcgreevy@irishtimes.com