Heavy rain is expected in Waterford, Wicklow, and Wexford tonight as Met Eireann has issued a status orange rain warning.
The forecaster says after heavy rain already today there will be more accumulations tonight with flooding possible in places.
It will run until 6am tomorrow morning.
A similar yellow alert is already in place for Kildare, Laois, Kerry, Cork, Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary.
Status Orange - Rain warning for Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow
Following recent heavy rain today, there will be additional significant accumulations of rainfall this evening (Wednesday) and overnight with flooding in places.https://t.co/Xg3aMJlyuS
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) October 27, 2021
Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reilly is warning of dangerous driving conditions.
"With leaves on trees falling on drains, those drains can become blocked leading to localised flooding."
A very mild but wet morning ahead with risk of spot flooding as heavy rain continues to feed up. pic.twitter.com/poNDvGyETY
— Carlow Weather (@CarlowWeather) October 27, 2021
Alan says the west and the north "should escape the worst of it".
But her promised it will be "a very wet day for many people".
