Devastation

INSURANCE companies deluged with flood claims that could cost tens of millions of euro are bracing themselves for more as forecasters predict further bad weather is on the way.

Almost 20,000 households in Cork City are without water after unprecedented flooding described by the ESB as a “one-in-800-year event”.

The flood has meant 123,000 people will be without water for at least three days, forcing hundreds to queue for emergency supplies from tankers yesterday.