GALLERY: Businesses left unable to trade as storm lashes Cork

Flood waters swept over Cork city centre again last night after another Atlantic storm battered the city and the city was subject to a status orange wind warning.

A high tide of over 5m, low pressure, and rain from the south-west were behind the flooding and Met Éireann was anticipating from 25mm to 45mm of rain between last night and 9pm this evening. Overnight wind speeds of up to 115km/h were also predicted.

The River Lee burst its bank at Father Mathew Quay nearly 40 minutes before high tide at 8.50pm. It then swept up South Mall and over to Oliver Plunkett St by high tide. St Patrick’s Street was under 2ft of water by 9pm.