Status red wind warnings will operate in Clare, Cork and Kerry tomorrow as Storm Barra heads for Ireland.
The alert for Cork and Kerry will run from 6am until 9pm.
For Clare it will be in effect from 4pm until 1am.
Met Eireann is warning of damaging gusts with likely disruption to travel and power.
There is a Status Orange Wind Warning from 6am for counties Clare, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Mayo, and Wexford
That will also apply to Dublin, Louth, Wicklow and East Meath from 8 am.
There is a yellow alert across the rest of the country.
A red wind warning is now in place for #Clare from tomorrow afternoon until midnight on Wednesday.
⚠️Red, Orange and Yellow warnings in place elsewhere.
Follow local safety adviceℹ️ https://t.co/XGJxZFd5UU pic.twitter.com/wh2tfSQd8k— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) December 6, 2021
Red Warning Means Do Not Go Outside
Crisis management teams have been meeting to prepare for the storm.
Keith Leonard is the National Director for Fire and Emergency Management.
He outlines what people should do in a status red warning:
"People should shelter in place before the red level warning comes into effect."
"Stay at home or in place on don't go back outside until the red level warning expires."
You can read the Met Éireann warning in full at this link.
