High water levels at the weir in Lucan, Dublin, as riverbank renovation works become submerged due to heavy rainfall during Storm Claudia. Photograph: Alan Betson
Parts of Co Wexford have been badly hit by Storm Claudia with homes and businesses flooded and “lots of damage to roads”, a local councillor has said.
Speaking about his district of Gorey-Kilmuckridge, Cllr Craig Doyle said there were “massive efforts from road crews overnight and we’re still trying to keep roads open but rivers are bursting their banks all over the district,” Cllr Doyle said. “The Ounavarra [river] is 100 feet wide in places and two metres higher than its normal level.”
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