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Flooding on roads as weather warning in force in parts of NI


Flooding on roads as weather warning in force in parts of NI

Some flooding has been reported on Northern Ireland's roads this morning during a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.

The alert came into effect at midnight and will be in place until midday affecting counties Armagh, Down and southern parts of Co Antrim.

There is a lot of surface water and some flooding on the roads, but none have so far been reported as impassable.

The Met Office had forecasted that heavy rain will spread across the whole of the region before gradually clearing to the east on Sunday morning.

Downpours were due to be heaviest in the southeast, with 20-30 mm expected to accumulate widely.

Over the Mournes, 60-100mm were expected to build up much of this falling in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Met Office added the weather warning will cause some impacts with bus and train services probably affected with journey times taking longer as well as spray and flooding on roads.

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Flooding of a few homes and businesses was considered likely along with some interruption to power supplies.

The Met Office advised to the public to check if your property could be at risk of flooding and if so, the Met Office has advised preparing a flood plan and emergency flood kit.

Travellers should avoid delays by checking road conditions and bus and train timetables.

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