{"id":97342,"date":"2025-10-01T17:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97342\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:26:06","slug":"orange-warning-in-place-as-ireland-set-to-be-hit-by-heavy-rain-and-gale-force-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/97342\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange warning in place as Ireland set to be hit by heavy rain and gale-force winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kerry is under an orange warning and a number of other counties are under yellow warnings as Storm Amy, the first named storm of the new storm season, is expected to reach Ireland from tomorrow morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Met \u00c9ireann predicts predicts flooding and very difficult travelling conditions for Kerry from 6am while there is a yellow warning for the rest of\u00a0Munster, Connacht, Donegal, Cavan, and Longford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The yellow warning is for \u201cwidespread rain,\u201d localised flooding, and difficult travel conditions across affected areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The warnings remain in effect until 8pm tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">A second status yellow warning, covering the entire country, has been issued for Friday, when the worst impacts of the storm are expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">According to Met \u00c9ireann, the storm will bring \u201cstrong to near gale force and gusty southwesterly winds\u201d on Friday, creating hazardous travel conditions, displaced debris and loose objects, and a risk of uprooted or fallen trees in some areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The forecaster says the warnings are likely to be updated \u201cas certainty increases\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The weather is only set to improve marginally over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The winds are forecast to remain gusty through to Saturday, though the rainfall is expected to ease somewhat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Into next week, Met \u00c9ireann said current indications suggest that it will remain unsettled with further spells of rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Speaking about Storm Amy, meteorologist Ail\u00eds Hankinson said: &#8220;It is the first storm of the season so it\u2019s essential to be prepared for potential impacts caused by the strong winds and the rain. There could be difficult travelling conditions, loose objects or flying debris.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Trees are still in leaf at this time of the year, so there could be higher impacts from fallen trees and leaves blocking drains, causing localised flooding. Small, upland river catchments are the most at risk of flooding, so precautions for potential localised flooding in these areas are also important.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The forecaster says the warnings are likely to be updated \u201cas certainty increases,&#8221; noting that the wind warnings could be extended into Saturday for parts of the north west.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Impacts of the storm will include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"listbullet\">\n<li>\n                    Localised flooding,\u202fthe heavy rain will fall on already saturated grounds, with river levels increasing. Smaller upland catchments in the South-West and West are at the greatest risk of flooding, as mountainous areas are currently forecasted to see the greater rainfall accumulations.<\/li>\n<li>\n                    Difficult or dangerous travelling conditions\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\n                    Debris, displaced objects\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\n                    Fallen trees\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>\n                    Surface water flooding,\u202fas the ground is saturated countrywide. Trees are in leaf at the moment so fallen leaves and other debris may block drains and small rivers, increasing the risk of surface water flooding.<\/li>\n<li>\n                    Isolated spray overtopping: even if we\u2019re in a period of neap tides, strong onshore winds and significant waves from Storm Amy may cause isolated spray overtopping at times of high tide along the West coast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">National outlook<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tonight, rain will become widespread again, with heavier showers in the west and southwest by morning. Temperatures will stay mild, 12C to 15C in moderate to fresh southerly winds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Thursday is forecast to be \u201cwet and blustery\u201d with heavy rain possibly leading to localised flooding. Highs will range from 13C to 17C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">From Thursday onwards, conditions will turn \u201cvery unsettled and wet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Thursday night will see rain clear eastwards early, followed by scattered showers and some clear spells. Cloud will thicken in the west and south later, with patchy rain near southwest coasts by morning. Lows will range from 9C to 12C in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Friday is forecast to be a \u201cwet and very windy day\u201d with heavy rain spreading northeast in the morning. Strong to near gale force southwesterly winds will develop, with gales or strong gales along western and northwestern coasts. Highs will range from 15C to 19C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Friday night is expected to remain windy, with heavy showers or longer spells of rain. Strong to near gale force winds, with gales on western coasts, will gradually ease as winds turn westerly by Saturday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kerry is under an orange warning and a number of other counties are under yellow warnings as Storm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4488,9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,443],"class_list":{"0":"post-97342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-irish-examiner-instagram","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topstories","24":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}