Following the issuing of an orange level rain warning for Cork, which will come into effect from 9pm on Saturday until 5am on Sunday,\u00a0 Cork City Council this evening convened a meeting of its Severe Weather Assessment Team (SWAT).<\/p>\n
Met \u00c9ireann has warned of heavy rain and possible thundery downpours with the potential for river flooding, especially in mountainous areas. It has also warned of very difficult travelling conditions.<\/p>\n
A council spokesperson said that following consultation with Met \u00c9ireann, it is expected that the orange level rainfall will have the greatest impact in West Cork.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, Cork city is still expected to experience a significant yellow level rainfall event.,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
Yellow rainfall warnings are issued when between 20mm to 40mm of rainfall is forecast in six hours or less, or when 30mm to 40mm of rainfall is forecast in 12 hours or less.<\/p>\n
\u201cCork City Council does not expect that this rain event will result in widespread flooding, and thus a general notice of potential flooding is not being issued.,\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\n \u201cLocalised flooding may result in situations where debris blocks a gully but this will be very localised and sporadic in nature. No tidal flooding in the city centre is predicted due to this particular event.\u201d\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
The spokesperson said the local authority has advised that travelling conditions from Saturday evening into Sunday morning will be \u201cchallenging\u201d, urging road users and motorists to travel with extra care, slow down, and in particular, to be aware of other vulnerable road users.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdditionally, the heavy rain may result in debris being washed onto roads overnight, and there may also be surface water ponding on certain roads on Sunday morning,\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
\u201cThus, while outside of the warning period, Cork City Council advises that additional vigilance is required for anyone travelling on Sunday morning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone who may come across a weather related issue that needs to be addressed, is asked to contact Cork City Council on our out-of-hours number 021-496 6512.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, if you come across an emergency situation, please contact the emergency services on 999 or 112,\u201d said the spokesperson. <\/p>\n
Cork County Council\u2019s Severe Weather Assessment Team also convened this evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A council spokesperson said crews were deployed on Friday afternoon inspecting known risk locations across the county.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Crews will continue to monitor the situation throughout the weekend. Pumping arrangements will be in place in known problem locations,” said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
“The council is asking members of the public to exercise caution as driving conditions may be dangerous, with surface flooding possible. Motorists are advised to avoid driving through flowing or standing water and to exercise caution during heavy rain. Motorists are also asked to be conscious of cyclists and pedestrians,” they added.<\/p>\n
Issues such as flooding and road damage should be reported to the council\u2019s ‘Emergency Out of Hours’ number\u202fon 021 480 0048.<\/p>\n
In an emergency situation people can\u202fdial 999\u202for\u202f112\u202fand request the Fire Service, Ambulance Service, Garda\u00ed or Irish Coastguard as appropriate.<\/p>\n
“In the event of disruption to water supply, please contact Uisce \u00c9ireann at\u202f1800 278 278,” said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n
“Cork County Council will continue to monitor the situation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the issuing of an orange level rain warning for Cork, which will come into effect from 9pm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,24345,6037,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-87582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-news","9":"tag-cork-weather","10":"tag-cork-city-council","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87582","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=87582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}