Even Ireland's driest county should prepare for more floods and wetter winters

Kerry ranks top of the scoreboard — when it comes to rainfall

A European study tells us to prepare for more floods across the continent — especially in Britain and Ireland. Here, a man walks through the flooding on Union Quay, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

Everybody, it seems, was complaining about all the rain we got in November. But why? November is usually a wet month anyway and we’ve been well warned to expect even wetter winters because of climate change.

And, a widely-focused European study tells us to get ready for more floods across the continent, especially in Britain and Ireland, urging that preparations should start now.