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Two weather conditions are in effect after more than 2,600 people lost power following the arrival of Storm Aiden.
A state orange wind warning for Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Clare went into effect at 8am and is valid until 4pm. A second warning, the yellow state, covers the entire country between 2 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Met Éireann warned of winds averaging 50 to 65 km / h across the country and 65 to 80 km / h in areas covered by the orange alert. “Severe and damaging” gusts of 100-130 km / h are forecast and there is a risk of coastal flooding caused by the high seas and land winds.
In total, 2,647 ESB customers were without power on Saturday morning, according to PowerCheck, an ESB website that monitors electrical faults.
A spokesperson for the ESB network told The Irish Times that the worst affected area was in Wicklow, where some 1,250 people were affected by a failure in Ballybeg, followed by Waterford, where 696 homes and businesses were affected by a failure in Tramore.
Seventy-seven customers in Carrigaline, south Cork, were left without power when a supply line went down, while 94 customers in Inniscarra, in central Cork, also lost power around 6.30am. M. When a downed tree brought down a supply line.
In Co Tipperary, more than 70 customers near Thurles were left without power when a supply line was cut just before 2 a.m., while ESB Networks repair crews are also working to restore power to 34 customers in Foynes. in West Limerick.
The number of failures reported Saturday morning would be on a smaller scale of outage events, the spokesperson said. The level of interruptions would be typical of a “busy, but relatively routine fall night.”
The spokesperson said crews will be on standby during the morning and afternoon on Saturday and that ESB will continue to monitor the situation.
Meanwhile, the Cork City Council had issued a storm surge warning in the lower downtown area, and motorists were warned not to leave their cars parked in the Morrison’s Island and Fr Mathew Quay areas.
But both areas, along with others surrounding the South Lee Channel, escaped flooding overnight.
The Cork County Council issued a warning to people living in coastal areas to stay away from the shores, while also confirming that the Dursey cable car linking Dursey Island to the Beara Peninsula would not operate due to the strong winds associated with Storm Aiden.
AA Roadwatch has advised motorists to expect windblown debris on the roads on Saturday. “Provide additional space for vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists) who are more likely to drift off the road,” he advised.
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