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LAST UPDATE | 18 Oct 2024
A STATUS ORANGE wind warning has been put in place by Met Éireann for counties Galway and Mayo on Sunday while a Status Yellow warning will be in place for other counties.
Both warnings are in place from midday on Sunday until 9pm as Storm Ashley, the first named storm of the season, approaches.
People in Galway and Mayo are told to expect coastal flooding, large waves, loose objects being displaced, fallen trees, difficult travelling conditions, potential power outages and damage or destruction of already weakened structures.
A spokesperson for Met Éireann said that the risk of flooding this year was exacerbated by high tides.
“This storm is coming at a time when we are experiencing some of the highest tides of the year. The combination of these along with storm force winds on western coasts means that there is a risk of coastal flooding, particularly along the coasts of Galway and Mayo,” they said on RTÉ’s News at One.
The high tides are being caused by a Hunter Moon, which occurs when the moon orbit particularly close to earth, resulting in higher than normal tides.
Keith Leonard, National Director of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM) urged the public to stay away from roads where possible, and to “heed the appeal from the Irish Coast Guard to ‘Stay Back, Stay High, Stay Dry’”.
NDFEM said that it will be liasing with Met Éireann for the duration of the warning period, and will issue reports when necessary.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is advising all road users to take extreme care. It has warned of the potential for fallen trees and power lines, and debris on roads.
Status Orange - Wind warning for Galway, Mayo
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 18, 2024
Met Éireann Weather Warning⚠️
Storm Ashley will bring very strong and gusty southerly winds, coupled with high spring tides🌊🌪️
Valid: 12:00 Sunday 20/10/2024 to 21:00 Sunday 20/10/2024
More details here⬇️https://t.co/cmHvlI0GRs pic.twitter.com/TWaQ4PbpBw
Heavy rain will begin overnight on Saturday as the strom begins and that will continue throughout the day on Sunday, as winds increase. The most persistent showers will be in the west.
Thunderstorms are also possible on Sunday, Met Éireann said, and strong to gale force winds will being the potential for disruptions all over the country.
There will be ongoing risks of coastal flooding due to a combination of high seas and spring tides, especially for counties along the Atlantic.
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Noting like abit of bad weather to keep the riff Raff in.
@Itsme83: best night for them to go out,trip the alarms a couple of times and guards etc think it’s a fault.
Wind and rain kills outside noise also.
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: jaysus Sean, fair play to ya. The best thing you have ever put up on the journal comments!!!
@den: Why, thank you!
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: That was very cool. Cheers.
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: Class Sean great pick
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: love it!
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: pretty poor.
@Michele Milne: Dont know whyyyy
@Shawn: some crusty old bint singing. What rubbish
I used to work in a paper shop but unfortunately it blew away.
Wind warning in the smith house tomorrow morning have I have my pints of stout tonight:)
At the time of writing, it’s pretty horrible with the weather down in Kerry right now.
@Daniel Skelton: it’s a category 2 hurricane that’s coming, code red along the west. Loads of trees down, power outages, flying trampolines with a risk of tornados. Not seen one since the early 90s.
What did the penguin magician say to the other penguins??.. Pick a cod any cod…… (yes cheesy I know) anyway stay safe out there folks.
@Maire Hicks: That’s a load of pollocks lad
Weather warnings and forecasts get us hot and bothered. I think they should contain trigger warnings for those who are permanently outraged and unhappy.
@Jack Hayes: During the Summer it’s too hot and during Winter it’s too wet ha ha
I love a good storm
@Buster Lawless: get used to them
@Alan Moloney: how many will there be now?
Waterford Airport needs government backing
@D: it needs moving lol ,what a joke of a airport
@sean weir: Because it has no backing from the state, continuous moaning about the passanger cap and we have other airports. It’s the centralisation of everything to Dublin that’s the problem. Two states in the Republic, Dublin and then everything else.
@D: No.
@Brian D’Arcy: Other airports are useless, period. You thinking they are not doesn’t matter.
@Brian D’Arcy: hear hear well said ! Dublin the centre of the universe in Dublin, not just Ireland
Is it a girl Ashley or a boy Ashley? Perhaps something in between….
@If you’re: The storm is on ‘it’s’ way. If it causes widespread distress,confusion and panic,and takes half the house when it leaves,it’s a girl storm.
@Larry Betts: If it’s a girl storm it will take whole house. Lol
The little girl on the SV advertisement so cute and funny, raining tomorrow (typical) on me day off.
Best defense always is make a joke of it Only thing that keeps me from the heebie jeebies re climate change .flooding ..fires. and
melting ice caps…Deserts flooding and farmland turning into desserts etc etc
. oceans going awal countries becoming uninhabitable so their people become refugees and the rise of lies and conspiracies and humour to deflect us from the terror
Grand normal weather for this time of year, just belly up to the bar and have a few pints of porter till she blows over.
All together now
“The wind is in from Africa and last night I couldn’t sleep ……….
@Jack Hayes. I agree, they should be banned!
Typical
Not that it has anything to do with Storm but as Comment sections close so quickly on Posts one must be inventive ! Healy Rae’s (both of them) Irritate and intimidate the Hell out of me, I wonder if I should take Advice ? ?
Cant write this again My pos has t been cleared every time Not crazy enough for the journal no conspiracy theories no lies .just reliance on truth science facts and reality Cant be accepted by journal it seems
Blown a howler keep her head to the wind Chinese junk on the port bow.
@Phillip Smyth: let me go home I wanna go home.
Where do they come up with the name’s
Surprisingly it wasn’t named after it’s so called stars as the terrible juvenile reporting of r.s.v.p would call them
Your error occurs alot?
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