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THE Status Yellow wind warning issued for Kerry for tomorrow has been upgraded to Status Orange.
This will run for the same period— from 9am to 3pm — as the Status Orange rain warning issued for the county earlier this morning.
There will be very strong and gusty southerly winds, with some severe and damaging gusts. Potential impacts are coastal flooding, difficult travel conditions, power outages and fallen trees.
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Kerry County Council is advising members of the public to prepare for severe weather on Wednesday and to ensure that items vulnerable to high winds are stored away safely.
Unnecessary journeys should be avoided for the duration of the weather warning. For those who must travel, the Council is advising extreme caution on Wednesday and to expect surface water and spot flooding on all routes. In coastal areas, in particular, the advice is to ‘stay back, stay high and stay dry.’
Council crews are on standby to respond to issues which arise and sandbags are being deployed in areas prone to flooding.
The Council’s severe weather management team is monitoring the weather forecasts and will issue further advice and updates to the public over the next 24 hours.
An emergency number to which weather-related issues can be reported to Kerry County Council will be available from 7am on Wednesday on 066 7183588.
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