Only four counties in the Republic of Ireland have not been issued a Status Red alert.
As fear builds over the arrival of Storm Éowyn into Ireland later this week, Met Éireann has issued a series of Status Red wind warnings – which cover 22 out of 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland.
The red alerts are scheduled to take effect from early Friday morning until later that day (22 January).
They apply to Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Westmeath and Wicklow.
The warnings state that gale to storm force winds will bring severe, damaging and extremely destructive gusts in excess of 130km/h.
Further Red Wind Warnings are issued for Cavan, Monaghan, Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wicklow, Roscommon, Tipperary.
— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) January 22, 2025
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Met Éireann listed the impacts of the conditions as the following:
- Danger to life
- Extremely dangerous travelling conditions
- Unsafe working conditions
- Disruption and cancellations to transport
- Many fallen trees
- Significant and widespread power outages
- Impacts to communications networks
- Cancellation of event
- Structural damage
- Wave overtopping
- Coastal flooding in low-lying and exposed areas
For the specific times that each of the Status Red warnings are scheduled to come into effect for these 22 counties, visit Met Éireann’s website here.
The only four counties that have avoided a Status Red warning are Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford.
These four have been hit with a Status Orange wind warning, however, along with all of Northern Ireland.
🚨 Red Weather Warning Extended for Friday
— MerrionStreet.ie (@merrionstreet) January 22, 2025
⚠️ Now affecting 22 counties.
Possible impacts:
• Danger to life
• Extremely dangerous travelling conditions
• Unsafe working conditions
• Disruption & cancellations to transport
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