Waterford and Wexford are among seven counties that have been updated to an Orange wind warning ahead of Friday's Storm Eunice.
The rest of the South East and the country is under a yellow wind, rain and snow warning.
The Orange alert comes into effect from 5am on Friday and is expected to last until 11am the same day while the entire country is to experience the yellow warnings until 3pm on Friday.
Met Eireann is warning that Storm Eunice will bring severe and potentially damaging winds, gusting up to 130km/h, higher in exposed areas. Some disruption is also expected along with a possibility of coastal flooding.
Commuters are being warned to be extra careful when returning from work this evening as a status yellow wind warning is currently in place for the entire country as Storm Dudley passes over Ireland.
#StormDudley will continue to bring strong and gusty winds today, especially across western areas with flooding possibly on Atlantic coasts.
Heavy rain may also lead to spot flooding.
Warning details ⚠️ https://t.co/Xg3aMJlyuS pic.twitter.com/JkofeFMnmG— Met Éireann (@MetEireann) February 16, 2022
The NDFEM Crisis Management Team held a second virtual meeting today with Met Éireann, the OPW, the local authorities, the Principal Response Agencies, key Departments and responding national organisations in preparation for Storm Dudley and Storm Eunice and a further meeting of the group is scheduled for 12.00 tomorrow to access the weather warnings.
Meanwhile, due to the weather warning in place on Friday, there are temporary road closures around Dublin Port.
The Great South Wall will be closed for a 24 hour period on Friday, while the Bull Wall Bridge will be closed from 10am until 4pm.
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