Risk of flooding in Cork city in coming days due to ‘very high astronomical spring tides’

Cork City Council has advised householders and businesses to protect their properties amid a period of “very high astronomical spring tides” from tomorrow until Sunday.
The local authority says that a tidal surge is also forecast to occur and warns that measures should be put in place to protect properties before high tide tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
The council warns that certain parts of the city look set to flood in the coming days.
“It is highly likely that road ponding/flooding may occur in the low-lying areas of the city particularly during the high tides this Wednesday evening, Thursday and Friday,” it said.
Areas which are likely to be impacted include Morrison’s Quay, Fr Mathew Quay, Union Quay, Trinity Bridge, South Terrace, Rutland Street, Sawmill Street, Crosses Green, Sharman Crawford St, Wandesford Quay and South Mall
In addition to the named streets, road flooding is also likely to take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at high tides on the quays in Cork city centre.
The local authority said the weather will continue to be monitored and further advice will be issued, if the situation changes.
Cork City Council will be posting regular updates to their Twitter (@corkcitycouncil) account as well as the City Council’s Public Alert System (MapAlerter).
Met Éireann is forecasting the possibility of some heavy rain in Cork on Wednesday night and Friday morning.