Status Orange rain warning issued for 5 counties tonight

A Status Orange weather warning has been issued.

Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange rain weather warning for five counties tonight. Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, and Waterford have been included in the update, as heavy rain is expected to fall in the counties tonight. The warning will be in place from Wednesday afternoon to 9pm tonight. "Heavy falls of rain will continue with surface flooding and poor driving conditions," Met Éireann said.

This comes after a Status Yellow warning was issued for most counties as rain continued to fall throughout the week.

As of Tuesday morning, a Status Yellow wind alert was in effect for Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo and Waterford. With "very strong and gusty southeast to south winds" highlighted, the warning is valid until 3pm on Tuesday. From 10pm on Tuesday, another Status Yellow wind alert took effect for the provinces of Connacht and Munster, as well as Donegal. Grim.