Storm Babet - Oct 17th 2023

Very surprised at the low rainfall totals for Waterford and Wexford, was expecting them to be close to Cork but it all seems to have pivoted a bit west. lets see what today brings.

I don’t think realize how much rain we’ve had in Cork, if this was Dublin the forum would be hopping. It has been absolutely biblical.

**** nuts in cork city. The hills are like waterfalls and drivers just driving through standing water at full speed.

As far as I can see from the observations data, there's been 61mm at Roches Point and 49mm at Cork Airport since 7am yesterday

How long more is this meant to last in Cork? It feels like it's been raining non-stop for a day and a half! Haven't seen it this bad, maybe ever.

This is the worst rain I've ever seen over a prolonged period. My kid's secondary school had to close at 8.30am just as about 60% of kids had already arrived. Nightmare! Many kids were waiting to get their JC results too. I'm amazed more things aren't closed. Biblical stuff.

Looks bad in Cork alright

@Dazler97 cork safety alerts app

the city & county is absolute carnage this morning & not sure it is subsiding even after high tide.

some of the videos and pictures are biblical

Carrigaline main street from CARRIGALINE NOTICE BOARD ( Facebook )

I live here. Tried to get out earlier, gave up, came back home WFH. All roads out bar Carrs hill if you could get to it with serious backed up traffic are impassable. Tried them all earlier, flooded. Never saw it so total all the years down here.

This is the Cork link road ( rochestown park hotel on the left )

That was at 9am. Still tipping it down here as bad as ever.

Fire brigade out rescuing people from cars in Rochestown road, Centre park road etc.

Alan of carlow weather on 96fm earlier said up until now ( from a rain station he knows of in Cork area ) .. that we have had 4 inches of rain so far

I wonder has Met Eireann got a wrong call here - should Cork have been a red?

Cork in a bad way. Roads this morning from Glanmire to Carrigaline were desperate. The amount of surface water on Carrs Hill was incredible.

Few snippets of around cork

I made a rain gauge yesterday morning so it’s not entirely accurate but definitely over 60mm in 24hrs & still falling

Major spike in water levels in Cork across many stations.

Carrigaline => Realtime waterlevel (Looks to have hit a record height)

Cork Airport showing 15mm in past 2 hours.

Light rain in Galway in comparison, only 5.3mm since midnight.