Skibbereen in west Cork suffered serious flooding after heavy rainfall from 8pm which was described as "like a monsoon." Drains were unable to cope with the deluge and serious flooding occurred in parts of the west Cork town. Social Democrat TD for West Cork, Holly Carins, shared a video on Twitter apparently showing the flooding in Skibbereen, Co Cork. Stay Back, Stay High & Stay Dry!#StormEllen pic.twitter.com/CIw8PHzLnh — Irish Coast Guard (@IrishCoastGuard) August 19, 2020“We’re heading towards what we call astronomical high end, low water tide which means we get a very, very high tide and very, very low tide.”He urged the public to stay back, stay high and stay dry. Flood damage was also caused in Kerry, Limerick and west Waterford, though west Cork bore the brunt of the flood devastation.

Source: Irish Independent August 19, 2020 10:30 UTC