Climate Crisis

Climate change: Are forecast warnings for weather events fit for purpose?

With communities still dealing with the trauma of Storm Babet, it has prompted the question: should Met Éireann have issued a red alert rather than an orange one?

Flooding on Main Street in Midleton, Co Cork, after the Owenacurra river burst it's banks following heavy rain during Storm Babet. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
Flooding on Main Street in Midleton, Co Cork, after the Owenacurra river burst it's banks following heavy rain during Storm Babet. Photograph: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
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Kevin O'Sullivan
Fri Oct 20 2023 - 12:38
Kevin O'Sullivan

Kevin O'Sullivan

Kevin O'Sullivan is Environment and Science Editor and former editor of The Irish Times
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