100,000 homes and businesses are without electricity this morning after Storm Debi downed power lines.
ESB Networks says Meath, Galway, Roscommon and Longford are the worst impacted counties, adding that the number of power outages is expected to rise as the storm tracks eastwards.
#StormDebi in Galway during the night 🌧
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📸 Video 3: @aammyoconnor pic.twitter.com/oIZf8UAwqg— Today FM 💛 (@TodayFM) November 13, 2023
A red weather warning for wind in eight counties expired at 9am. The counties affected were Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, Louth, Laois, Offaly and Westmeath.
A status orange warning for wind is in place in 19 counties until 10am. The affected areas are Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Cavan, Monaghan, Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Galway and Roscommon.
A status yellow alert for wind and rain for the entire country remains in place until 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon.
Met Éireann is warning of continued hazardous driving conditions due to the possibility fallen trees or branches, thunderstorms and hail and waves overtopping in coastal areas.
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As #StormDebi departs, heavy rain will become confined to Ulster during the morning with sunny spells & showers following to other areas🌧️🌦️
🌡️Highs of 10 to 13 C with strong to gale force west or southwest winds, decreasing fresh later in the day🌬️🍃 pic.twitter.com/pd29I323e3— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) November 13, 2023
Bus Eireann has suspended services in counties affected by the red weather alert until 11am.
Dublin Bus and Luas services are due to resume at 10am.
Irish Rail services are running with speed restrictions, meaning delays are likely.
Trains between Galway and Portarlington are now stopped at two points because of fallen trees.
The ESB says all all available resources have been deployed, and network crews will respond to outages once it's safe to do so.
