Ferocity of floodwater captured on camera

Dramatic CCTV footage of floodwaters sweeping through Clonakilty show water rising to record levels of 2ft in less than five minutes.

The ferocity of the flow was captured on footage from O’Donovan’s Hotel and was powerful enough to put lives at risk, according to owner Dena O’Donovan.

“The flow comes down the street from the west and this footage shows it filling in the street so fast it would have passed a pedestrian out ten times. It’s frightening to think how fast it came. If it was during the day there could have been lives lost.”