A major clean-up took place in Cork this morning after 55mm of rain fell across the city yesterday.
Just 15mm was predicted to fall from 1pm yesterday according to Met Éireann's Yellow Rain Warning.
Cork City centre and suburbs saw heavy bursts of rain throughout the afternoon and evening, leading to road closures in Blackpool, Douglas and Togher.
Up to 15 Cork City Council, Cork City Fire Brigade and An Garda Siochána crews were deployed across the city yesterday to manage the severe impact of the flooding on traffic and roads.
Director of Services, Operations, David Joyce said:
“If the same amount of rain had fallen in lighter showers over four hours, there would have been no significant flooding. As soon as the rain reduced to normal volume, flood waters quickly receded. A number of locations which experienced longer flooding incidents included the South City Link Road, N40 South Ring Road, Monahan/Centre Park Roads and Blackpool”.
