Crews have been restoring power to homes impacted by thunderstorms , yesterday evening and this morning.
⬇️Flooding in Castlerea, Co Roscommon, just now. Storm after the Sun. pic.twitter.com/IS4oa8ZzzY
— Eoghan Murphy (@eoghanymurphy) August 14, 2022
However, ESB Networks say none of the outages have been particularly disruptive.
The largest power failure was in Castlecomer in County Kilkenny. where 5,000 customers lost power at 5 am this morning, with power restored by 6.30 am.
An orange thunderstorm warning is in place until 10 pm, for all of Munster and counties Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Kildare, Wicklow and Dublin.
Orange Thunderstorm Warning updated.
Valid 09:00 to 22:00 Monday 15th.
Heavy downpours of rain and hail.
Flooding where heavy downpours occur.⛈️
➡️https://t.co/Xg3aMJlyuS pic.twitter.com/gOCAAIJw8F
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) August 15, 2022
Source: Met Éireann
