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Evelyn Cusack says the ground is saturated and trees are in full leaf, so there is higher impact at this time of year than in a January storm with the same amount of wind #TodaySOR #Lorenzo

.@MetEireann’s Cusack says there’s likely to be flooding in coastal regions. Urges people to listen to advice of local authorities

Cusack says the ground is completely saturated at the moment so status yellow wind warnings will have fairly high impact

Evelyn Cusack speaks of flooding of rivers and overland, and of some severe impact, touching status red impact, along the Cork, Kerry and right up the Atlantic coast #Lorenzo

@MetEireann Evelyn Cusack says there will be trees down and flooding likely anywhere tomorrow #Lorenzo

@MetEireann Cusack says there could be some very high amounts of rainfall, with close to 80-100mm in the mountain regions of Mayo, perhaps Galway and Donegal #Lorenzo

@MetEireann 'There will be some disruptive impacts during tomorrow afternoon, evening, tomorrow night and Friday morning ... and in places destructive, particularly in those Atlantic coastal areas, and perhaps some localised flooding really over any part of the country' #Lorenzo