{"id":302698,"date":"2026-02-17T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302698\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T15:23:10","slug":"flood-risk-in-17-counties-amid-warning-of-more-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302698\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood risk in 17 counties amid warning of more rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a flood risk in 17 counties as heavy rain is due to fall on already saturated ground.<\/p>\n<p>Met \u00c9ireann has issued a Status Yellow warning for rain for all of Leinster as well as counties Cavan, Monaghan, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford.<\/p>\n<p>The warning will be in effect between 11pm tonight and 11pm tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p>It is a significant expansion of the advisory which was first announced yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The forecaster said there is a risk of flooding, poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions in these areas, which are also experiencing high river levels.<\/p>\n<p>The inclement conditions will be exacerbated by strong and gusty south-easterly winds in five of these counties.<\/p>\n<p>Wexford, Wicklow, Meath, Louth and Dublin will also be under a Status Yellow warning for wind, with Met \u00c9ireann also cautioning against wave overtopping amid high tides.<\/p>\n<p>The wind warning will be in place between 11pm tonight and 1pm tomorrow afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The double warning applies to areas in the east of the country which have been severely affected by flooding in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\u26a0\ufe0fStatus Yellow Rain Warning issued\u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Cork, Tipperary, Waterford<\/p>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0fStatus Yellow Wind Warning issued\u26a0\ufe0f<br \/>Dublin, Louth, Meath, Wexford, and Wicklow<\/p>\n<p>Both valid: 17\/2 23:00 to 18\/2 23:00<\/p>\n<p>Details\u2139\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lvQFgW8DsS\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/lvQFgW8DsS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O8olf43ZDv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/O8olf43ZDv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Met \u00c9ireann (@MetEireann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetEireann\/status\/2023698711998599184\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a Status Yellow rain and snow warning for counties Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo will come into effect at 2am tomorrow morning and will remain in place until 2pm.<\/p>\n<p>Met \u00c9ireann said heavy rain could turn to sleet and snow, which could lead to poor visibility and difficult travelling conditions.<\/p>\n<p>In Northern Ireland, a Status Yellow ice warning for Northern Ireland expired at 10am this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Met Office had warned that wintry showers followed by clearing skies would lead to the risk of ice.<\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a flood risk in 17 counties as heavy rain is due to fall on already saturated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-302698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}