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Flooding closes Waterford train station and affects Cheekpoint, Portlaw and Dungarvan

Flooding closes Waterford train station and affects Cheekpoint, Portlaw and Dungarvan
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Plunkett Train Station in Waterford City has been closed due to flooding.

Bus transfers are now in place between Waterford and Thomastown stations.

Two status yellow warnings are in force for Waterford for heavy rain and strong winds.

Met Eireann warned that exceptionally high tides combined with strong onshore winds could result in an elevated risk of coastal flooding.

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Both warnings remain in place until 3.00 pm today.

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This was the scene near Dungarvan around lunchtime on Tuesday - the picture and videos were kindly sent to WLR by Davy O'Brien

There is flooding at Cheekpoint today also. This picture was sent to us by a listener to WLR

And the Clodagh Bridge near Portlaw has reopened to traffic this afternoon after the River Clodagh burst its banks earlier.

Elsewhere Cork City has been hit by the worst tidal flooding in between five and 10 years.

There are fears there may be a lot of damage to buildings around the River Lee - particularly in the Oliver Plunkett Street area.

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