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Flash Floods...

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  • 09-08-2008 9:48pm
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    Alibear
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭


    From the RTE website...

    Gardaí and the AA have warned motorists that after torrential rainfall, flash floods have occurred in many areas.

    The rain over the last 24 hours in Dublin came close to breaking the record for a single 24-hour period in August.
    Dublin Airport got 56 mms of rain in 24 hours. The record is held by August 1986, when there was 60mm, caused by Hurricane Charlie.
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    In Co Kildare there is flooding around Celbridge town with many roads impassable.
    There's also some flooding between Naas and Blessington.
    In Co Laois a river has burst its banks along the Ballyroan to Portlaoise Road at Cashel Cross. One lane is open to traffic.
    The Portlaoise to Timahoe road is also badly flooded and the road between Stradbally Village and Athy is impassable.
    In Dublin the M1 is closed off in both directions just after the Port Tunnel.
    The N3 is closed inbound and outbound at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre.
    And the M50 is blocked at Ballymun.
    Diversions are in place in all of these areas.
    On the trains northbound and southbound Dart services are suspended between Malahide and Howth junctions and there is significant disruption to Northern Commuter and Belfast rail services.

    Garda diversions are currently in place and long delays are to be expected.
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    Danno
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    Rough weather at the moment. Over 360mm of rain has fallen here since May 1st. This is what we would have expected to accumulated by now since January 1st. Incredible rainfall really. Almost as bad as "Summer" 2007 now.


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    Ruby-J
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    it took me 3 and a half hours to get to dublin last night. i was on the m50 for 2 hours and moved a total of 1 metre every 7 mins. i couldnt believe the flooding just after the blanch exit and before finglas. it was soo soo scarey.


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    kikel
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    We had 1 or 2 showers in Armagh last night. Sat around the campfire until after 3am.


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