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Home / Posts tagged “flood”

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Posted on December 14, 2015 November 10, 2016

Rising Water, Sinking Home: flooding December 2015, Roundfort, Mayo

Alfie the dog on the sandbags

It happened before, though the levels this time are higher. In 2006, for the first time in the history of a family home built almost a century before, winter waters reached the doors and spilled into the kitchen.

Nine years …

Posted on December 5, 2015 December 5, 2015

Storm Desmond: Flooding in Oughterard

flooded n59 road in Oughterard

Storm Desmond is still battering its way across Ireland and the U.K., having already dumped a month’s worth of rain in some areas. The local radio stations along the west coast have become live feeds of lists of blocked roads, …

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