@sciencenews Oooh goody, at last a chance to share this selfie from #YorkshireMuseum in January...
(marvellous surprise treat on a day too rainy for last day of walking holiday #StormChandra)

Bridge over troubled mud

#StormChandra #mud #pic

Floods have subsided now. My nearby friends were unable to get out for 2 days and multiple roads were closed, when it floods round here they usually have one passable way out.
The Met office says this has been the second wettest January on record for Dorset (2014 was more wet).

#stormchandra #Floods #Dorset #weather #dorset

The recent heavy rain across South West England has brought floods and other mayhem.

However, it has had the beneficial side effect of significantly increasing the water levels of our reservoirs:

https://West-Devon.info/2026/01/winter-water-supply-in-south-west-england/

"Total water storage across the South West has now reached the level of the same date in 2022. There is still a way to go to reach last year’s level, and even further to go achieve the ideal of 100% full by the middle of March! In particular, Colliford Reservoir in Cornwall is only just over 3/4 full.

However, more help is at hand due to heavy rain caused by the recent passage of #StormChandra across the UK"

#Drought2026?

#StormChandra is back. She also left her signature on the beach…nature can be harsh if you’re a sea creature caught up in its rage.

Even #StormChandra can’t keep my intrepid #DailyZiggy from his morning romp on the beach! #DogsOfBlueSky

"A sudden rainbow"

#arcoiris #repentino #barrio #calle #ciudad #urbanphotography #urbana #cork #thelough #esperandoelbus #aftertherain #afterthestorm #despuesdelalluvia #lluvioso #díasdelluvia #despuesdelatormenta #stormchandra

De nuevo en alerta amarilla por lluvia e inundaciones, no solo por el agua que pueda caer, si no por la saturación de la tierra. Teniendo en cuenta el devastador paso de #stormChandra que dejó un montón de lugares inundados, esta nueva alerta no es precisamente una buena noticia.
#Ireland #Leinster #Dublin #yellowwarning

Storm Chandra amenaza con las peores inundaciones en una década en el Reino Unido.
Decenas de alertas de inundación activas en todo el país.
#StormChandra #Inundaciones #ReinoUnido

Más info: https://nbes.blog/tormenta-chandra-temores-inundaciones-historicas-en-horizont/

The Slaney has been bursting it's banks frequently over the last 39 years. Why action hasn't been taken to modify the landscape to ease this is baffling to me. ‘Five feet of water’: Wexford businesses swamped as Storm Chandra leaves trail of destruction jrnl.ie/6940676 #spéirgorm #stormchandra

‘Five feet of water’: Wexford ...

https://youtu.be/cvW6oYCLHUc?si=e8kxPeJ6Bynq-AFb

#stormchandra

Happy to report that Woody, the Dodder rhino, has re-emerged, complete with a new hairdo.
(Credit: @InRanelagh on Insta).
#MastoDaoine #Dublin #StormChandra

https://www.siptu.ie/siptu-calls-for-a-national-protocol-and-fair-pay-for-extreme-weather-work/

#IEpol #Mastodaoine #StormChandra #SIPTU #TradeUnionism

#3goodthings

1. A lot of essential rest happened today
2. A lot of essential little jobs around the house got done
3. We survived #StormChandra: and the only storm debris was a lone cabbage leaf that blew into the front yard ..

I'm glad at least that it seems #StormChandra will clear off before it can interfere with this weekend's plans...

Storm Chandra

The Irish news today has been dominated by the arrival of Storm Chandra on these shores, accompanied by strong winds, heavy rain and widespread flooding. The whole country has been under a yellow alert, which will last until 11pm today.

The fact that it had been raining very heavily for days before the storm must have saturated the ground, which would have contributed to the flooding. Unusually, the worst of the flood has been on the East Coast, with Counties Wexford, Wicklow,  Carlow, and Dublin badly hit. Usually it’s the West of Ireland that bears the brunt of storms which usually come from across the Atlantic.

It’s been a strange day in Maynooth because, despite the storm, the weather hasn’t been too bad at all. There was a long window this morning during which it was actually quite sunny and pleasantly mild, though a bit breezy. The picture on the left shows the situation in mid-morning when the prevailing wind was southerly.

The main mass of raincloud to the North had passed over us by then, and the small but intense strip off the Louth/Dublin coast missed Maynooth entirely. You can see a big gap. Rain was heading towards us from the South, and did reach us in the afternoon, though it wasn’t particularly severe. It remained reasonably warm throughout the day, though it is much colder now (I’m writing this at about 7.30pm).

Dublin is only about 25km from Maynooth and it was a surprise to see major flooding, with parts of the M50 flooded for a time while we experienced nothing particularly severe. Not that I’m complaining!

For more about Storm Chandra, including animations of its progress can be found here. It seems that Great Britain had a lot of weather to contend with!

#flooding #MetÉireann #StormChandra #Weather

The path of #StormChandra today is quite interesting. You can see how Maynooth was not badly affected, as the main mass of rain over Ireland broke up and passed either side.

The day ends on a good note: most punctual rush-hour WexfordBus Dublin to Gorey journey ever! 1h40m.

Still 20 mins longer than the work of fiction that is their timetable. 😂

#MastoDaoine #StormChandra