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Dublin’s City Council Enact “Major Emergency Plan” .. as sever flooding causes deaths
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 17:23
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HERE 25/10/2011 / IRELAND
“There was water seven feet high pushing through the doorsat the entrance to the shopping centre.”
Most tragically though, the flooding is thought to have caused the deaths of two people.
According to Ireland’s national meteorological service, Met Eireann, the Dublin region saw 82.2mm of rainfall Monday, the equivalent of one month’s worth and by far the most since records first began there in 1954. As rain continues to dump down on Dublin on Tuesday, the city has begun to take stock of the damage. Thus far, the flooding has wreaked havoc on transportation to and from the capital, with significant delays on several of Dublin’s main routes and its DART commuter train service. Homes, main arteries and even one of the city’s largest commercial complexes, Dundrum shopping centre, have been inundated with water.
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