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133 kilometres per hour is how strong gusts were during Storm Jorge

Fallen trees in Co Clare my brother John lives, is on a knifeedge... it depends on the rainfall over the next few days.

“My own childhood home is flooded and we’re going to try again [to repair it] as it would be heartbreaking not to do our damnedest out of respect to our deceased parents.

“We hadn’t recovered from 2016, it was such a traumatic experience, certainly the memories are traumatic.

“Physically and mentally this time it’s more difficult as we know the damage that’s coming if the water continues to rise.

“The residents want a meeting with Clare County Council to ask them for the timelines for the embankment.”

FLOODY HELL Pair on jetskis in Tipperary yesterday TREVOR QUINN and PAT FLYNN CLEAN-UP DAMAGE Windows blown out of property in Kilrush WATER RELIEF Sandbags used at house in Clonlara