Weather Warnings In Place Ahead Of Storm Frank

Storm Frank is expected to hit around midday and Met Éireann has issued a number weather warnings. Winds are expected to be severe from this afternoon and there's a national Status Orange warning in place.

Storm Frank off W coast. Becoming very windy by afternoon with strong to gale force S winds & extremely windy along Atlantic coasts.

— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) December 29, 2015

In addition, RTÉ reports that the national forecaster has issued an orange wind warning for Wicklow, Galway and the southern coastal counties. Further to this, an orange wind warning has been issued for Clare, Kerry and Connacht with gusts of up to 120km/h predicted for this evening. There's flooding in many parts of the country because of heavy rainfall in recent days and AA Roadwatch are posting updates on what roads to avoid.

KILKENNY: Flooding on Old Waterford/Dublin Rd (R448) between Thomastown and Gowran Rd at Kilfane - road impassable. https://t.co/qvBPcgxUj8

— AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) December 29, 2015

A number of ferry services have been cancelled too while Kerry Airport announced some flight cancellations via Twitter.

We regret to announce our EI3204/EI3205 flights are cancelled today due to Storm Frank. If you are a passenger please call us on 066 9764644

— Kerry Airport (@KerryAirport) December 29, 2015