Storm Babet: Cork homes flooded during heavy rain

BBC News:

Storm Babet has brought heavy rain to the island of Ireland, causing severe flooding in County Cork, where hundreds of properties have been damaged.

The town of Midleton in east Cork is the worst affected area.

The Irish army and the Civil Defence helped firefighters to evacuate people from flooded homes and businesses.

In Northern Ireland, the yellow rain warning which has been in place since 14:00 BST on Wednesday is set to last until 10:00 BST on Thursday.

The UK Met Office warned that the heavy rain could lead to difficult driving conditions and “a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded”.

However, in County Cork, town centre streets in Midleton looked more like rivers after a deluge of rainfall.

Just before 19:00 local time on Thursday evening, Cork County Council said Midleton was “impassable with over 100 properties flooded”.

It said it had established a coordination centre for the emergency services in Midleton fire station and a rest centre for members of the public at Midleton Community Centre.