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Members of the Irish Coast Guard inspect a vessel that broke escaped from its berth and crashed into the harbour successful County Waterford
By Barra Best & Rebekah Wilson
BBC News NI
Storm Betty has brought upwind and rainfall crossed Northern Ireland with flooding and fallen trees connected immoderate roads.
Police person advised drivers to beryllium cautious connected the roads arsenic precocious winds and rainfall volition marque conditions difficult.
A informing for rainfall was successful spot until 06:00 connected Saturday.
Road disruption
In southbound Belfast, a fig of roads and surrounding areas person been flooded implicit night:
The M1 Motorway had been closed to postulation astatine Lisburn owed to a fallen histrion but has since reopened.
Translink said that owed to "exceptional weather" determination were delays crossed the network.
Severe gusts and rainfall
Katesbridge successful County Down had much than fractional a month's worthy of rainfall successful nether 12 hours overnight.
The upwind presumption determination recorded 45.4mm since 19:00 BST connected Friday until 06:00 connected Saturday.
The mean rainfall for the full period of August determination is 84mm.
Severe gusts of upwind of 90km/h (56mph) were recorded astatine Ballypatrick successful County Antrim, portion Orlock Head successful County Down saw gusts of 85km/h (53mph).
The strongest gusts were recorded successful the Republic with Johnstown Castle successful Wexford having 96km/h (60mph) winds overnight.
Conditions volition dilatory amended done Saturday with sunny spells and immoderate scattered blustery showers.
Advice and assistance for those affected by flooding oregon those who person seen a fallen histrion oregon blocked roadworthy can beryllium recovered connected NI Direct's website.
In the Republic of Ireland Storm Betty has near hundreds of homes without energy crossed the country.
There has besides been extended flooding and fallen trees connected roads.
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RTÉ reported that a taxi operator escaped wounded successful Templelogue successful southbound Dublin erstwhile a histrion crashed connected to his car arsenic helium was driving.
All Met Éireann upwind alerts for the state person been lifted, but for a rainfall informing and winds successful Connacht, Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan owed to extremity by midday.
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In County Waterford a boat, which had been berthed, crashed into the harbour successful Dungarvan
Members of the Irish Coast Guard and the Royal National Lifeboat Association (RNLI) assisted.
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