Almost 200,000 homes are without power this morning as a result of Storm Ellen.
There is severe flooding in West Cork and trees down across the country.
A status red wind warning for Cork and an orange warning for Munster Galway and Mayo has now been lifted.
While a yellow wind warning is in place in Leinster ,Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo until 8am.
So there are currently 236 power outages with over 190 thousand people impacted.
#StormEllen Askeaton, Co. Limerick pic.twitter.com/AzJKtASozX
— Maurice O’Connor (@picsbymaurice) August 20, 2020
Those Without Power May Be Left Waiting
In Cork where the weather was most severe, some outages such as in Cloyne in the South east may not be resolved until closer to 6pm this evening.
The ESB's Derek Hynes says crews are working to get power restored as soon as possible:
"We've had teams out working across all of the affected areas overnight."
"We ave all the rest of our crews available to be dispatched for it from 7am this morning."
"Conditions in most of the country have improved, it's still pretty windy."
"We're expecting yellow wind conditions across the country for today."
Well done to those @Ryanair pilots on the Stansted/Cork flight. After holding for ages they finally landed . #StormEllen pic.twitter.com/uZtZmPXK5G
— John Finn 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 (@carrigman) August 19, 2020
Fallen Trees & Flooded Roads
Also there's severe flooding in the Skibbereen and Bandon areas.
There are trees down all across the country.
People have reported multiple trees on the ground in Cork, Longford, Cavan, Monagahan, Tipperary and Roscommon.
The clean up process is already underway.
Emergency crews are attempting to clear any fallen trees and debris.
Photo: MetOffice on Twitter
