Met Éireann installs new flood warning system

Flooding in Midleton during Storm Babet. Picture: Cork County Council

The first stage in a new flood warning and forecasting system has been installed at Met Éireann, the Government has been told.

The lack of warning was criticised in the wake of the floods that hit East Cork last October, and the installation of a new system had been delayed by a lack of highly skilled staff to develop it.