Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford remain under an orange rain alert with the worst still to come, forecasters warned last night. Road users were urged to exercise extreme caution while travelling on Friday night and people have been asked to avoid unnecessary journeys until at least 8am tomorrow when the orange warning for the three counties is lifted. A separate yellow rain warning for Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Louth, Meath, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford is in place until 9am. The National Director for Fire and Emergency Management Keith Leonard warned that Storm Claudia had caused “significant flooding right across the country and there was probably more to come”. High winds uprooted trees and made roads impassible in Wexford while there was significant flooding in Laois and Offaly where no weather warnings were in place.
