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26th Nov 2018

Storm Diana on its way to Ireland this week as Met Eireann warn of heavy wind and rain

Jade Hayden

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Great.

Storm Diana is on its way to Ireland this week with rainfall and wind weather warnings being issued.

Met Eireann issued the yellow rainfall warning for Munster, Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Galway and Mayo earlier today as well as a status yellow wind warning for Munster, Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.

They warned that heavy rainfall will begin later tonight and continue on until Tuesday.

20-30mm is expected to fall over a short period of time, leading to some flooding across certain parts of the country.

More rain is expected in mountainous areas, with wind speeds of 50-65km/hr and gusts from 90-100km/hr expected.

This comes as Storm Diana, named by the IPMA Portuguese weather service, threatens the Azores.

The storm is due to cause “major change” to the UK’s weather on Wednesday, with parts of it being felt across Ireland – although the intensity is thought to be less severe.

The rain and wind weather warnings are currently in place until 2pm and 3pm on Tuesday afternoon respectively.