Flash floods damage homes and cars amid chaos

Motorists were rescued from trapped cars and hundreds of houses were damaged after record levels of rainfall caused freak flash flooding across Dublin.

Flash floods damage homes and cars amid chaos

Motorists were rescued from trapped cars and hundreds of houses were damaged after record levels of rainfall caused freak flash flooding across Dublin.

Fire officers handled an unprecedented 600 flood calls in the capital yesterday in the wettest August day in living memory.

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