Homes, businesses and farms have been flooded while roads and infrastructure have been swept away in the latest major storm to hit Clare.
The county is among the hardest-hit in Ireland, while flooding here has primarily occurred in coastal areas.
Areas along Loop Head and the Shannon Estuary were among the hardest hit – one home was flooded in Kildysart, while hundreds of acres of farmland there and in nearby Ballynacally, untouched last month, are now submerged.
In the westernmost parts of Clare, farmland in Ross has been flooded, Kilcredaun has been cut off once again, while parts of the main road in Kilbaha were effectively wiped out and water came into two homes and a restaurant there.
Kilkee had largely escaped last month’s storms but not today, where parts of the sea wall, built during the time of the famine, were washed away.
Quilty village was also badly hit this morning, though an interim barrier erected at Clohaninchy, where over a dozen homes flooded last month, did keep the worst of the damage away.
Lahinch Promenade is damaged once more, while in other North Clare communities such as New Quay, Doolin and Clahanes, storm defences which had been repaired since the last storm four weeks ago were washed away in hours by the force of the sea.
Inland, flooding was also reported in areas including Clarecastle, Bunratty, Sixmilebridge, Parteen and Corbally.
The road from Tulla to Scarriff was blocked fully when a tree was knocked over near Bodyke.
The storm has eased somewhat in recent hours, but seas are building ahead of this evening’s high tide.
