Storm Babet

Businesses and homes count cost of Storm Babet flooding in Cork

Army deployed as more than 100 homes flooded in Co Cork town

Screengrab taken with permission from video by @realLiamMac of a flooded street in Midleton, Co Cork

A number of businesses, including a prominent supermarket, were damaged by severe flooding in Midleton in Cork on Wednesdat as Storm Babet struck the south of the country.

Members of the Irish Defence Forces have been deployed to a town in the south of Ireland to deal with extensive flooding. The army and civil defence units supported evacuation measures in Midleton where more than 100 properties were flooded.

Cork County Council said more than a ...