About 68,000 homes, farms and businesses remained without power Monday night as parts of the country continued to clean up from Storm Isha and prepare for the arrival of Storm Jocelyn.
The storm brought strong winds throughout the night, with the strongest wind gusts of 150km/h recorded at Clew Bay.
ESB Networks said, “All available resources at ESB Networks and partner contractors will work through the night to safely restore power to as many customers as possible, and then we will mobilize again in the light of tomorrow.” Says.
However, due to the scale of the damage to the power grid, many customers will continue to be without power tonight, and some will be without power for several days.
The areas where customers will remain without supply overnight are primarily in the north-west of the country, including counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.
A fresh status orange weather warning has been issued as a new weather front moves towards the west coast, bringing “strong southwest to west winds with severe and damaging gusts.”
ESB said:
Approximately 167,000 homes, farms and businesses have had power restored since the alert was lifted.
On Tuesday, Storm Jocelyn could bring large waves to coastal areas, further increasing the potential for difficult driving conditions, downed trees, damaged power lines, and damage to already weakened structures.
An orange wind warning will be in place for County Galway and Mayo from 6pm on Tuesday until midnight, and for County Donegal from 6pm on Tuesday until 2am on Wednesday.
Many yellow wind warnings are expected to be in effect from Tuesday to Wednesday.
These include:
- A gale warning is in place for Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo from 12pm to 5am.
- Strong wind warning in place for Clare, Kerry, Galway and Mayo from 12pm to 2am
- A gale warning is in place for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford and Roscommon from 5pm to 2am.
Uyshe Eireann said around 35,000 people were affected by Storm Isha, mainly in May in County Donegal and parts of the south-east.
The utility said it continues to address unresolved supply disruptions due to damage to water treatment infrastructure caused by the storm.
Currently, 11 water supply schemes are affected and service staff are working to repair plants and networks.
Cork City Fire Brigade responded to more than 50 incidents last night, Deputy Officer Victor Shine said.
Brian Cannon, Donegal’s director of road transport services, said Donegal County Council would meet this morning to deal with the aftermath of the storm.
The Highway Safety Authority said there is a risk for all road users after the storm passes, as dangerous conditions such as flooding of roads and the collapse of pylons, railway tracks, trees and other debris on the roads are possible. advised to be careful.
Two people died in separate traffic accidents that occurred during the weather warning. The man, aged in his 40s, died in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, at around 6.15pm on Sunday during an emergency alert.
A woman in her 20s, who was a passenger in a van, died after colliding with a tree in Carnarogue, Co Louth, at 1.50am on Monday.
A man in his 60s was also killed in a crash involving two vans and a fallen tree in Limavady, County Derry, on Sunday night, Northern Ireland Police said.
The deceased man was driving a Vauxhall Vivaro van on Broad Road at around 9.45pm on Sunday.
Iarnród Éíreann reports its services are operating on all routes, but delays are expected due to fallen trees, debris and flooding, which crews are working to clear.
The route from Kildare to Newbridge is experiencing delays due to flooding on the railway line, and the route from Dundalk to Belfast is closed due to fallen trees.
Reduced capacity works with the following services:
- 11:25 Cork/Houston
- 14:25 Cork/Houston
- 11:05 Galway/Houston
- 15:30 Houston/Limerick
- 20:15 Houston/Carlow
- 21:36 Carlow/Houston
- 23:10 Houston/Kildare
29 flights were canceled at Dublin Airport on Monday.
Sunday was a chaotic day for air travel, but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s media relations manager Graham McQueen said the situation was improving.
“About 170 flights were canceled by airlines during Sunday,” he said.
“It has improved a lot today and the wind has dropped considerably, but there is still some confusion today.
“The plane was unable to return to Dublin in time because there were a lot of aircraft around the location since yesterday.”
DAA advises passengers to arrive at the terminal two hours early for short-haul flights and three hours early for long-haul flights.
Cork Airport remained open and operational throughout Sunday, although 14 flights to and from the airport were canceled as a result of the storm.
Cork Airport communications manager Barry Holland confirmed that eight outbound and six inbound flights had been canceled on Sunday, including six diversions and seven return flights. Ta.
Business hours will continue as usual on Monday.
“Customers who are planning to travel today [Monday] We recommend checking flight status directly with the airline,” Holland said.
Shannon Airport said it had handled 15 flights that were diverted from other airports due to the storm.
Shannon Airport Group said it continued to operate at full capacity overnight from yesterday and ran its normal schedule.
Today’s flight schedule is expected to be normal, but the aircraft will remain available to allow for further diversions if necessary, it said.
Passengers departing from Irish airports are advised to check directly with their airlines regarding the status of their flights this morning.
Overall, the weather is expected to be nice today, but the effects of Storm Isha will continue to affect travel conditions, so caution is advised.
Alan O’Reilly, from Carlow Weather, said: “The winds have eased this morning, but we expect another very windy day with a mix of sunshine and showers.”
“Things are improving, but there are still strong winds. There may still be loose trees and debris that could be knocked down this morning.
“We need to be very careful this morning as there will be a lot of debris on the roads overnight.”
Tonight will be dry in most places, with a chance of some hail and isolated thunderstorms in places.
Rain and drizzle are expected to spread across the northeast into the evening.
The strong gusts will briefly calm down, but the southerly wind will pick up later in the evening.
Tuesday will be another wet and windy day, with widespread rain expected in the morning and afternoon, followed by scattered showers in the evening.