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Met Éireann has issued two thunderstorm warnings for 25 counties

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

07:58 15 Jun 2020


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There's going to be some more stormy weather today.

Met Éireann has issued two separate thunderstorm weather warnings for today (Monday).

The first is a thunder warning which comes into effect at 12pm and is valid for:

Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Galway, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary

While there is also a thunderstorm warning for Armagh, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry valid from 1pm this afternoon.

The bad weather continues on from Sunday, which saw thousands of people experience electricity outages with western counties worst hit.

Up to nine cows were also killed in a lightning strike in Co Clare.

The rough weather is forecast to head eastwards today, but Deirdre Lowe from Met Eireann said it's not possible to predict exactly where the worst affected areas would be:

Met Éireann has issued two thunderstorm warnings for 25 counties

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