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The government has asked local authorities to activate their extreme weather and crisis management teams, as strong winds from storm Diana are expected to hit south and west coast counties on Wednesday.
All cargo terminals at Dublin Port were closed Tuesday for several hours due to strong winds coming from a separate weather system. Restrictions were in place in the harbor tunnel, resulting in significant pending traffic and hundreds of trucks waiting to enter the harbor.
Meteorologist Liz Walsh (Éireann) met on Tuesday night said the conditions were due to an easterly flow with a rump front that brought heavy rain and gusty winds. The strongest winds of 105 km / h were recorded at Roche's Point and Sherkin, County Cork.
At Dublin Airport, winds reached 75 to 80 km / h. In terms of precipitation, 26.9 mm fell at Valentia in County Kerry, while 21.7 mm was recorded at Oakpark in Carlow County. Structural damage to homes in Co Waterford has also been reported.
Softer conditions
Walsh said Tuesday's weather system would give way to a "more mobile Atlantic regime" that would attract lighter conditions and tropical maritime air, but would also be "more active and more vigorous".
Met Éireann issued an orange status warning regarding the Cork, Kerry and Waterford winds from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm Wednesday. An orange wind warning was also applied to Wexford, Clare and Galway from 6 am to 2 pm
The orange-level winds reach speeds of 65 to 80 km / h and gusts of 110 to 130 km / h. An open sea is also expected, with a risk of coastal flooding.
A yellow wind warning, involving speeds of 55 to 65 km / h and gusts of 90 to 110 km / h, is in place throughout the country from 5 am to 18h.
"Diana will be moving north along the west coast of Ireland, but the fronts and badociated winds will impact the country," Walsh said.
"The wind will blow from south to southwest, so different regions will feel it differently. Some parts of Dublin, for example, will probably be very protected from this direction by the Wicklow Mountains, so the winds will not be as bad as Tuesday. "
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She added that many areas in the east and south would not see the rain as abundant as Tuesday, "but Atlantic coastal counties like Mayo, Galway and Donegal will have it, so they'll have heavy rains and strong winds ".
"We are particularly concerned about the coastal areas west and south, from Wexford to Galway. In the Kerry area in particular, it looks like there will be orange winds in the early morning to early afternoon.
"Diana has already completed her deepening phase. She is thus becoming a mature system as she travels to Ireland. This makes it less active than it could have been, so in some respects it is more likely that very high average wind speeds are the problem rather than gusts. "
The National Directorate of Fire and Emergency Management, which is the government body that coordinates emergency response, said it had been in contact with all local authorities and asked them to put their teams into operation. protection against bad weather.
High tide updates
Local authorities were also invited to monitor weather forecasts and high tide updates, and to activate, where appropriate, local coordination and crisis management mechanisms.
The Department of Transport has been asked to provide advice to the transportation sector and the Coast Guard.
The Office of Road Safety urged road users to be aware that objects were thrown onto the road, to pay attention to debris falling on the road, as well as to the turn of vehicles.
The County of Clare Council cautioned members of the public to avoid exposed coastal areas due to the storm, and indicated that all areas that had already been flooded presented a risk and that people in such situations had to take appropriate precautions.
Meanwhile, the visitor experience of the cliffs of Moher will be closed to visitors from 9h to 14h.
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