Galway has been upgraded to a Status Red weather warning by Met Eireann this morning as Storm Isha is to bring extremely dangerous winds to the west coast.
The Status Red wind warning for Galway and Mayo will be in place from 5pm on Sunday until 9pm tonight.
“Storm Isha will bring extremely strong and gusty southwest winds with severe and destructive gusts, particularly in coastal and exposed areas.”
The alert warns of dangerous coastal conditions with high waves and overtopping, treacherous travelling conditions, and the likelihood of widespread power outages.
An Orange wind warning for Galway will also be in place from 4pm this afternoon until 3am on Monday.
On top of this, a Yellow weather warning is already in place for all of Ireland this morning and will remain in effect until 4am on Monday.
Galway City Council has enacted multiple safeguards including closing roads and car parks in Salthill this morning, and making sandbags available to the public.
