VIDEO: Storm Frank brings flood of misery as Taoiseach under fire for 'lack of leadership'

Flood-hit areas are facing more misery with further heavy rain due at least into the middle of next week, followed by another round of rising river levels and many more weeks of cleaning up ahead.

Latest forecasts show the extremely wet and windy weather returning tomorrow night and continuing through the weekend but Met Éireann said there was no sign of that pattern changing before the middle of next week and probably beyond.

The warning comes as large areas of Munster, south Leinster, the Midlands, and West continued to struggle with waterlogged homes and businesses, impassable roads, swamped farms, and blocked drains and sewerage systems, in some cases for the fourth successive week.