Several homes remain powerless on Monday morning due to severe weather conditions that swept through the southern and eastern parts of Ireland over the weekend. A representative for the ESB disclosed that several hundred clients were left with no electricity, and crews had been dispatched early in the morning to address the issue.
Previous weather warnings inclusive of status orange and yellow had been issued across multiple counties on Sunday, but these have now lapsed. Business owners and residents exhaled in relief as the high tide in Cork city passed without any significant event on Sunday.
Despite apprehensions that consistent heavy rain might see the river Lee breach the quay walls, causing floods in low-lying city centre locales, the situation was brought under control soon after the high tide around 4:30 pm on Sunday and water levels in the river Lee’s north and south channels started receding.
Notably, east Cork, including Midleton, was relieved as it suffered no damages in contrast to the extensive flood damage from Storm Babet in 2023 when Owenacurra broke its banks.
Met Éireann’s forecast for Monday includes patchy rain with a mostly cloudy sky in the morning, clearing up from the northwest and becoming drier and sunnier in the southwest. The afternoon will see a mixture of sunshine with intermittent showers, the cloud and rain being largely confined to Ulster and north Leinster.
The temperatures during the evening are expected to be around 11 to 16 degrees in a moderate to fresh northwest wind, with much of the country experiencing dry weather. Tuesday will remain largely dry, abundant sunshine, and a few sporadic light showers. Moderate northerly winds and temperatures will vary between 13 to 16 degrees.
The rest of the week is expected to be mostly dry but becoming “more unsettled” toward the weekend, according to Met Éireann.