We’ve gone red in Tipperary for Storm Éowyn after Met Éireann issued a slew of upgraded alerts this afternoon (Wednesday).
The Premier County now has a red warning from 6am Friday (24th Jan) to midday – with a separate Orange Alert in effect locally from 2am to 5pm that evening.
This means there is a ‘Danger to life’ locally on Friday morning – Imapcts:
• Danger to life
• Extremely dangerous travelling conditions
• Unsafe working conditions
• Disruption and cancellations to transport
• Many fallen trees
• Significant and widespread power outages
• Impacts to communications networks
• Cancellation of event
• Structural damage
• Wave overtopping
• Coastal flooding in low-lying and exposed areas
Cathal Nolan from Ireland’s Weather Channel told Tipp Today that this latest storm looks set to be the worst in living memory leading to significant power outages and the severity of the storm means it may be several days before some faults can be repaired.