Clean-Up Operation Underway In Cork After Flooding
A clean-up operation is continuing this morning following severe flooding in Cork.
Hundreds of homes and businesses suffered damage when Storm Babet passed over the south of the country yesterday.
People were forced to wade through chest high flood water in Midleton in East Cork yesterday after a month’s rain fell in just over 24 hours.
Over 100 properties in the town have been flooded, while the town’s Community Centre will host people who have been forced to evacuate their homes.
Glanmire has also suffered extreme flooding, with the town effectively closed off yesterday due to the level of the flood waters.
The floods have hit numerous towns and villages in Cork and Waterford and it’s expected the clean up will take weeks and cost millions of euro.
Midleton Main St. Shocking.
Major impact on local residents & businesses. pic.twitter.com/XT4BFC38Dj— Cllr. Liam Quaide (@LiamQuaide) October 18, 2023
Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard, who's based in Cork south west, says yesterday's rain has had a devastating impact.
"The latest from the south this morning, is that the flooding has subsided to some degree.
"It's just the carnage is what's left now.
"The scenes we've seen the last 24 hours have been totally unprecedented, anything up to 120 to 130 millimetre rain, which is a full month's worth of rain falling in a 24 or 25 hour period.
"Towns like Midleton and Glammire, and particularly Midleton, have been really badly damaged. And villages nearby, places like Killeagh, Cloyne, all have been affected".
Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has opened the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme for home and business owners impacted by the floods.
