Dublin’s officials began the onerous task of piecing the capital...

Dublin’s officials began the onerous task of piecing the capital back together again on Tuesday after a torrential downpour the day before swelled the city’s main waterways, causing them to burst their banks. Water spilled over into the streets, and the flooding quickly prompted Dublin’s City Council to enact its “major emergency plan”, which saw it send out Council staff and the Dublin Fire Brigade to help assist in the disaster.

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.


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