There are currently six counties set to be under a Status Orange wind warning.

Racing at Leopardstown, however, is set to go ahead as planned today.

Tomorrow will be a wet, windy day for many.

Some 20 evacuation centres were on standby that could be set up with Covid-19 safety measures.

The warning is valid from 11am today and will remain in place until 6pm this evening.

Met Éireann issued the alert this morning.

There are a number of phone numbers available to contact if you see someone sleeping rough.

Severe downpours are forecast on Monday and that night is set to be “very disturbed with widespread heavy rain and gales”.

The warning is in place from 4pm on Thursday until 12 noon on Friday.

Taking the growing population into account, the lightning death rate has shrunk more than 40-fold since recordkeeping began in 1940.

Strong winds, a high sea level and poor visibility made it too unsafe for the operation to commence.

Jordan Spieth enhanced his chances of claiming back-to-back wins before the severe winds brought an early end to Day Two in California.

Delays are 10 – 15 minutes at present, but not worsening.

Some supermarkets in the UK are limiting the amount of produce customers can buy.

More flooding is expected in some areas.

Knock-on delays are expected for other flights as low visibility procedures are in place.

It was bad even by historical records.

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The south of the country has been worst affected by poor weather conditions.

It comes one year on from previous devastating flooding.

Education Minister Ruairí Quinn admitted that the current advice system for schools may need to be updated.

13 guides were killed and nine were plucked to safety after an ice avalanche smashed into their expedition on Friday.

There have been postponements at the Etihad Stadium and Goodison Park.

There have been some venue switches for tomorrow’s Allianz football league ties.

The coastguard, RNLI and two helicopters were all involved in the search off Co Down after reports that a man had entered the sea to rescue his dog.

Meanwhile service has been restored to thousands of ESB customers who had their power cut after last night’s bad weather.

Irish winter weather is bad. Real bad.

The council is following in the lead of Cork City Council, which launched a weather alert system last year.

The winter-like weather that has gripped much of Western Europe is going nowhere fast, according to the French meteorological centre.

The runway at George Best Belfast City Airport is currently closed, while Irish Ferries have had to cancel their Jonathan Swift fast craft sailings.

A decision on Saturday night’s O’Byrne Cup final between Dublin and Kildare will be made tomorrow.

Hundreds of stranded passengers slept at Heathrow Airport overnight after almost 400 flights were cancelled yesterday.

High winds have knocked out power to homes across the country.