Emergency services were working around the clock in Shannon Banks Monday night as flood waters from the Shannon began reaching homes.
Civil defence, Army, Garda and Fire personnel along with locals were trying to sandbag vulnerable houses in the Hampstead Park estate as some residents were evacuated form their houses in the area. In excess of 4,000 sandbags have been distributed to the affected areas in advance of the high tide.
The Local Authority has been warning of further flooding along the lower River Shannon owing to increasing levels of water in the Shannon system.
“Unprecedented rainfall levels and resultant record flooding along the River Shannon necessitated an increase in the amount of water that had to be released at Parteen Weir by the ESB”, the councils said in a statement Monday evening.
Meanwhile Limerick County Council is advising customers from Montpelier downstream to Limerick City to familiarise themselves with a number of actions, as outlined on www.flooding.ie.
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A flood warning remained in effect for O’Briensbridge, Clonlara, Westbury Shannon Banks, Mountshannon, Montpelier and Clonlara on Tuesday.
The ESB confirmed it would not be increasing the release of water at Parteen weir on Tuesday but did stress that inflows to the lake remain high and that the situation is under constant review.
At least 22 families were evacuated last night from homes in the Hampstead Park, Shannon Banks and officials say three families were evacuated from Springfield Drive in Castleconnell. Sandbags are available for collection from Parteen GAA Club and Clonlara Golf Club.
