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Michael Moynihan: Should there have been a status red warning in Cork for Storm Babet?

Wednesday was a testing day for people living in the path of Storm Babet — and Cork got a particularly bad lash from it
Michael Moynihan: Should there have been a status red warning in Cork for Storm Babet?

Streets were flooded in and around Cork, with people reporting areas which had never been flooded before being inundated. There was traffic gridlock in many parts of the city during the day and it was clear that some cars had simply been abandoned in rising waters. Picture: Denis Minihane

If you're reading this in Cork, I hope you’ve dried out at this stage.

Or just got home safely, come to that.

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