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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Night Search training – Loughshinny
This evening, the Skerries Coast Guard team took part in a night search training exercise at Loughshinny. This scenario based exercise was based on a person being reported missing the in area. With prevailing sub zero temperatures, the team were tasked to search a large grassland area with mixed terrain. Several illumination rocket flares were also deployed during the exercise and proved to be very useful in assisting with the search.
Major Flood Warning – 5th November 2010
Flood warnings have been issued for this coming weekend, with heavy rain combined with tidal surges expected to cause flooding in coastal areas of the Western and Eastern seaboards.
Weather forecasts, in conjunction with the City’s tidal surge early warning system, suggest a severe low pressure off the west coast of Ireland in combination with southerly/easterly winds of 70km per hour gusting to 100km per hour over the coming days. The combination of high tides and low pressure increase the possibility of coastal flooding, particularly at high tide around midnight on this coming Sunday, 7th November and midday on Monday, 8th November.
Dublin City Council has started to deploy temporary flood defences in potential at risk areas. Alerts will be issued through the radio and other media when more information becomes available.
Uptodate information is available from Dublin City Council (www.dublincity.ie) and Met Eireann (www.met.ie)