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DRIVERS are being warned to steer clear of flood waters as Storm Amy nears, with a shock picture showing one car already underwater.
The entire country is under weather warnings today as Storm Amy makes landfall, with multiple roads closed due to flooding caused by torrential rain yesterday.
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Ferries have also been cancelled alongside a number of schools, and airport passengers have been warned of flight delays.
With the wicked weather set to peak between 2pm and 9pm today, experts are warning everyone, especially drivers, to watch out for hazards.
One warning in particular has caught many people’s attention.
Two pictures were posted today showing a car stuck in floodwaters, the first in which it can be seen clearly and the second in which it is fully submerged.
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Shockingly, the pictures were taken only 20 minutes apart.
Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather said: “Don’t drive into floods. These photos were taken just 20 minutes apart near Bantry in Cork yesterday.
“As you can see in the photos during that time, the water levels rose high enough to nearly cover the car.
He added: “Bantry was also in Yellow warning yesterday while Kerry was in Orange.
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“These county by county warnings need to change. Cork is too big to have one warning cover entire county.”
Many took to social media to share their shock at the pictures.
One person said: “That’s scary, the met service are warning people all the time not to drive on flooded roads but some people still chance it.”
Another added: “That’s really terrifying.”
Some, however, blame the driver for the situation.
One commenter said: “There is no better warning than actually seeing the flooded road with the option to turn, but as some say common sense is the issue.
“Even when it comes to traffic lights, many people don’t even stop when it’s red.”
Another wrote: “You could have purple warnings and it wouldn’t make any difference. People need to use own judgement.”
Met Eireann has warned that Storm Amy will bring “severe and damaging gusts”, damage power lines and result in power outages in affected areas, as well as fallen trees and possible wave overtopping.
A Status Yellow wind warning for the entire country will be in place from midday for 12 hours, while another Status Yellow warning for rain for Galway and Kerry will be in place from 9am until 3pm.
From 11am to 5pm, a Status Yellow warning is in place for Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry, while a rain warning for those counties will be in effect from 2pm today until midday tomorrow.
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Antrim, Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Derry will be slapped with a Status Orange warning from 3pm until 8pm today.
And Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo are under a Status Orange alert from 2pm until 10pm, with Met Eireann warning: “Near gale force to gale force and very gusty southwest to west winds.”
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