'We have avoided a crisis': Cork City escapes feared flooding

City traders had been braced for another significant tidal flood
'We have avoided a crisis': Cork City escapes feared flooding

A feared tidal flooding event did not appear after a change of wind direction. Picture: Larry Cummins

Wed, 16 Dec, 2020 - 07:52
Eoin English and Ciarán Sunderland

Cork City has escaped significant flooding this morning.

The city is now reopening. Picture: Larry Cummins
The city is now reopening. Picture: Larry Cummins

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