Andrew Carey
LIMERICK City and County Council is advising the public that the River Shannon is currently experiencing a period of high tides.
The Council is monitoring the tides daily and does not expect any significant flooding in the city or county.
In a statement released this Friday, the local authority say that;
“Nevertheless, precautions have been put in place at vulnerable locations.
Tides will continue to be monitored over the weekend.
Members of the public are advised to exercise extreme caution in the vicinity of the river at times of high tides.
Just over a year after after Limerick was hit by the worst flooding in its history, temporary defences were erected around the banks of the Shannon as seven metre high tides were expected in late January.
The local authority installed hundreds of sandbags around previously breached river banks.
High tides on the Shannon were predicted for this week when tide table figures for this Friday indicate that the flow should reach 7.5m in Limerick.
Limerick City and County Council say that they are monitoring the flow and tidal range of the Shannon over the two mooin phases and will deploy more defences if needed as well as being on full alert to respond to any incidents.
Early last year, hundreds of families were displaced after their homes were flooded when the Shannon breached defences causing millions of euro worth of damage.
