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Parts of Enniskillen flooded after heavy rain

There has been some flash flooding in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, ahead of an amber warning for heavy rain for eastern parts of Northern Ireland overnight.

Images from Enniskillen showed parts of Belmore Street, near the town’s war memorial, and the main road to Dublin partially submerged in water.

The police said some roads around the town were “impassable” and they urged drivers not to drive through flood water.

The Met Office amber rain warning – the second highest level of alert – covers counties Antrim, Down, and Armagh from 23:00 BST on Sunday until 08:00 on Monday.

Flooding on the main Enniskillen to Dublin Road in Enniskillen on Sunday evening. Part of the road is submerged in flood water. One blue hatchback car is parked on the left of the photo. The water level is up to its rear bumper and more than half way up its rear wheel arch. A large white truck used to clear drains is in the foreground and cars are turning away from the area in the background.Image source, Simon BurnsImage caption,

In Enniskillen, part of the main Enniskillen to Dublin Road was flooded on Sunday

An earlier alert for thunderstorms for western counties of Northern Ireland on Sunday ended at 20:00 BST.

County Fermanagh woman Helen Dolan Murphy was travelling through Enniskillen earlier and told BBC News the flooding “was like something out of a film”.

“It was just really, really scary,” she said.

“I’m around a long time and I’ve never witnessed [flooding] to be this vast and happen so quick.”

She explained her husband was driving them from their home in Belcoo to Enniskillen when “the heavens opened” about four miles from the town.

She said the force of the flood raised manholes off the ground.

“The water just lifted them off their spots.”

She also saw staff from a butcher’s shop in Belmore Street mopping floodwater out of their store.

Ms Dolan Murphy said the flooding left some roads impassable, but just a few miles outside the town it looked like it had not rained at all.

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) warned road users that Marble Arch Road, Florencecourt and Sligo Road, Enniskillen are “both impassable due to floods this evening”.

“Flooding is also affecting other parts of west Fermanagh – please take care when travelling, slow down, and exercise caution on affected roads,” they added.

Met Office warns of ‘risk to life’

A wide view of the flooded Dublin Road in Enniskillen. A large white truck with a Greentown Drainage Services sign is parked in the middle of the road. Two men in yellow high-viz suits and wellies are standing ankle-deep in the water. IN the distance, a man leans into a blue hatchback car which is submerged up to its bumper in the floodwater.Image source, Simon BurnsImage caption,

A drainage company worked to clear the floodwater from the Dublin Road in Enniskillen

The amber rain warning comes in the middle of a yellow warning for Antrim, Down, and Armagh which runs from 18:00 BST on Sunday until 18:00 BST on Monday.

Some areas could see between 50-75 mm of rain in a short amount of time with a risk of flash floods.

The Met Office said there will probably be difficult driving conditions as well as fast flowing or deep flood water likely to cause danger to life.

It has warned that homes and businesses may face flooding while some communities could be cut off by flooded roads.

The Met Office added that power cuts and loss of other services to homes and business businesses are likely.

Warning to campers

A PSNI spokeswoman said “multi-agency partners” have been meeting throughout Sunday in response to the weather warning.

They asked road users to “consider whether your journey is necessary”.

“Please reduce your speed because of the possibility of surface water and avoid driving through flood water,” they added.

“Those camping and caravanning in the affected areas are advised to take precautions about the risk of fast flowing or deep floodwater.”

Orange alert for Republic of Ireland

A similar weather warning has been issued in the Republic of Ireland for counties Dublin, Louth and Meath.

The Met Éireann (Irish meteorological service) status orange alert warns of persistent and heavy rain with a chance of thunderstorms.

The organisation expects difficult travelling conditions, surface flooding, and possible lightning damage.

The alert lasts from midnight on Sunday until 14:00 local time on Monday.