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Storm causing serious flooding in city and county
Galway Bay fm newsroom – Many routes in the city and county are closed this morning due to serious flooding and hundreds have been left without power and phone lines.
Galway City Council is advising motorists and others to avoid all coastal routes through the city this morning as a result of the flooding caused by the storm and high tide.
Gusts of 130km/h were recorded at Mace Head on the Galway coast overnight, which is effectively hurricane category winds.
There is flooding along the Promenade from Blackrock to Seapoint to Grattan Road and motorists are advised not to chance going through the flood as there is debris in the water.
Leisureland in Salthill has also been flooded and will remain closed for the remainder of the morning while crews assess the damage.
Lower Salthill at Galway Business School is impassable at the moment as is Fr Griffin Road from Galway Technical Institute to Wolfe Tone Bridge and round by Spanish Parade, Flood St and The Docks to Lough Atalia.
However the water is receeding around the Docks area now.
Galway City Council crews are out working with An Garda Siochana and Galway Fire & Rescue dealing with debris and road closures.
In the county, Barna and Spiddal are experiencing severe flooding, while smaller roads in Oranmore and Clarinbridge are impassable.
There are reports of fallen wires across the road between Athenry and Coosaun cross and a tree down in Clonberne.
ESB crews have been working all night to try and restore power to the Recess, Oughterard, Barna, Moycuillen and Salthill areas.
A spokesperson for the ESB says the power had to be switched off in Salthill for safety reasons as flood damage was affecting some switch equipment.