Power outages reported after Storm Claudia hits Ireland’s south-east

The ESB said less than 5,000 homes, farms and businesses were without power as of 9am and that crews had been responding to outages since Friday. File picture

Power outages have been reported and floods have hit some areas after Storm Claudia moved over the island of Ireland.

Thousands of homes and businesses were without power on Saturday morning as rain weather warnings lifted in the south-east.