Everyone be careful out there. This was a truck being blown over by the wind near Maam Cross in Galway. #StormJorge
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This morning.

Maam Cross, Connemara, County Galway.

Meanwhile…

This morning/afternoon.

Met Eireann’s Evelyn Cusack and Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy speaking to the media about Storm Jorge which is hitting Ireland with 8 warnings, including red, in place bringing ‘severe and damaging’ gusts, thunder, flooding to Clare and Galway with an Orange warning for everywhere else.

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From top: Head of Forecasting at Met Éireann Evelyn Cusack; from left: Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief Kevin Boxer Moran, Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy ; and Minister of State for Housing and Development Damien English

This afternoon.

Minister for Local Government Eoghan Murphy advised those in coastal areas to stay away from the sea. He said there was a risk of increased flooding, fallen trees and power outages and he advised people to monitor Met Éireann’s updates.

Met Éireann Head of Forecasting Evelyn Cusack said the wind warning “may be extended to across the Midlands and East for two hours tomorrow afternoon”.

Public told to heed advice as Storm Jorge approaches (RTÉ)

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