More than 4,000 people in Cork and Tipperary without electricity following warnings "Storm Diana"

More than 4,000 ESB customers in parts of Cork and Tipperary are without electricity due to power outages or damage to power lines caused by Storm Daphne.

Met Éireann said the storm would produce violent and potentially damaging winds as it moves northward to the west of Ireland.

Strong winds dropped a number of electrical poles and wires. Gardaí reported that ESB wires had fallen near Keohane's quarry on the Shannonvale Road at Ballineen Road in West Cork.

ESB Networks reports a number of failures around Cork County with some 2,500 customers in the Ringaskiddy area without electricity after a breakdown on the line.

Some 130 customers in Rylane and 50 customers in Berrings were also without electricity.

Gardaí said that there were a number of trees down there, including a large tree completely blocking the Carrigaline road at Myrtleville in South Cork, another on the main road linking Cork to Bandon, near Innishannon, and another near Ovens.

Strong winds have also suspended the trans-boundary ferry from Glenbrook near Monkstown to Carrigaloe near Cobh in Cork Harbor, impacting commuters to the south and east. from Cork.

Gardaí also reports debris on the N8 main road linking Cork and Dublin and heading south near Glanmire, and urged motorists to be cautious. Flood warnings are also reported in some wharf areas of Cork City where high tide is expected just before 9 am.

Severe winds killed a number of trees on some arteries around Cork City and County, resulting in delays. Gardaí urged motorists to exercise caution and patience.

A motorist was injured when a branch fell on his vehicle near the Inniscarra Bridge. while another tree descended near the cave at the top of Blarney Street and partially blocks Cork-Clogheen Road.

Another tree is on Carrigrohane-Leemount Road, near the fisherman's resting place, while another tree has fallen and is blocking the Mallow-Mitchelstown Road near Annakisha South.

Gardaí warned motorists to wait for delays.

Strand Street in Dingle is impbadable and was closed due to flooding and trees blocking the road to Kilgarvan and the N70 to Tahilla near Sneem Co Kerry.

The worst of the storm is yet to come, warned city council, urging road users to proceed with great caution until at least 11 am.

The trees are also found at Aughils near Inch Strand, near Lispole and Connor Pbad. However, the pbad, the high mountain road between Tralee and Dingle, is now cleared.

Approximately 300 BSE customers lost feed in Beaufort, Kerry, and outages also occurred in Tipperary, Kilkenny and part of Cork.

More than a dozen flights to and from Cork and Dublin airports were canceled on Wednesday, due to the publication of a severe weather warning for the west and south coastal areas.

Irish Rail stated that all trains were running on all lines without any problem. He said that he would provide updates throughout the day with all the impacts of the storm.

Yellow warning

Met Éireann issued a yellow weather warning for the 26 counties and indicated that the winds should reach average wind speeds of 55 to 65 km / h and gusts of 90 to 110 km / h.

Two level orange wind warnings were issued for the coastal counties of South and West Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford, Clare and Galway. The meteorological office indicated that there was potential for orange-level winds with average speeds of 65 to 80 km / h and gusts of 110 to 130 km / h.

These will occur mainly in the coastal areas of these counties and on the heights. In addition, the risk of coastal flooding due to the presence of very high seas has been added, said Met Éireann in a forecast released Wednesday.

Weather warnings are issued "to protect the lives and livelihoods of all citizens of the country, and to mitigate property damage and disruption of economic activity in case of bad weather," said the forecaster.

Yellow-level weather alerts must inform people at risk because of their location and / or activities and allow them to take preventive measures. These warnings relate to weather conditions that do not pose an immediate threat to the general population, but only to those at risk because of the nature of their location and / or activity.

The Orange warnings relate to weather conditions that have the ability to significantly affect the inhabitants of the affected areas. They are issued to enable people to prepare for the conditions.

Met Éireann, says the red level warnings "should be a relatively rare event".

These are issued to warn people to take action to protect themselves and their property.