Flooding update from Limerick – 11.30am Sunday 3rd January 2016

  • Limerick City and County Council

Limerick City and County Council says water levels on the Lower River Shannon at Castleconnell have increased by half an inch during the past 24 hours. 

Water levels on the Mulkear River rose to 3 metres during Saturday but have since dropped to 2.7m.

Minor road flooding occurred during Saturday but all roads have since reopened.

The Council has deployed additional pumps to Castleconnell and Montpelier where pumping operations have been ongoing for the past month.

Flood defences are being maintained at other flood prone locations and local authority staff remain on alert to ensure that the necessary responses can be immediately activated where the need arises.

Meanwhile, the Council has confirmed that the ESB is maintaining the spill rate at Parteen Weir at 470 cubic metres per second (cumecs) during today (Sunday).

The ESB will review the situation on Monday morning. Flooding advice is available on www.flooding.ie.

Information included on the website includes advice on identifying flooding risks, protecting property against flooding, necessary steps to be taken if a property is flooded, and assessing and repairing property damaged by flooding.

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