Status Orange and Yellow weather warnings have been issued by the national forecaster for the whole of Ireland as Storm Barra approaches.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) there is a strong likelihood of coastal flooding with high waves, high tides, heavy rain and storm surge on south and west coasts.
Met Éireann has warned the following counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Galway are most at risk from Storm Barra.
The Status Orange warning will come into force from 6:00a.m tomorrow (Tuesday) and will be in place for 24 hours until 6:00a.m Wednesday.
It will become extremely windy tomorrow as Storm Barra approaches from the Atlantic. Southerly winds will turn northwesterly and reach speeds of 65km/h to 80km/h with severe or damaging gusts of up to 130km/h, possibly higher in coastal areas.
A band of heavy and squally rain will sweep northeastwards across the country during the morning followed by widespread squally showers. Falls of sleet and hill snow are likely in places, especially across the northwest during the morning.
A Status Yellow warning will also come into effect for all other provinces and counties from 6:00a.m tomorrow (Tuesday), which will also be in place for 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the UK Met Office has also issued a ‘Yellow’ weather warning for all counties in Northern Ireland, coming into effect at 9:00a.m tomorrow (Tuesday) morning and remaining in place until midnight.
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