Officials in Cork did “not expect” Storm Babet would lead to such severe flooding.
Much of the town of Midleton is underwater and cars in its Riverside Way car park remain submerged.“Crews are on the ground throughout the county and have been out throughout the night as well.
“We’ve had to close sections of the M71 at Rosscarbery last night, where we’ve crew on call and pumps deployed.“We did predict significant road flooding yesterday evening in our public press releases,” Cork City Council Engineer David Joyce said.Tthe R600 from Belgooly to Riverstick has been closed and Irish Rail has suspended services between Cork and the towns of Cobh and Midleton.
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