Heavy downpours and flooding have hit parts of the island of Ireland as thunderstorms marked the end of the heatwave. Met Eireann extended a status orange thunderstorm weather warning to 10pm on Monday night for Munster as well as counties Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Kildare, Wicklow and Dublin. Orange Thunderstorm Warning updated. Heavy downpours of rain and hail. “Flooding where heavy downpours occur.”In Carlow there were flash floods in Tullow town on Monday night.

Source: The Herald August 15, 2022 20:26 UTC