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THE wind warning for Kerry has been elevated to Status Orange for this evening.
Met Éireann has just updated the warning to take effect from 8pm this evening until midnight.
Southwest to west winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h with damaging gusts to 120km/h for a time early tonight and some wave overtopping. Cork will also be on Status Orange.
A Status Yellow warning is in effect for the country since noon today and will remain in place until 7am on Thursday morning.
