Public urged to stay home and keep phones charged
Keith Leonard, Chair of the National Emergency Coordination Group, has said critical infrastructure and essential services are now operating in “emergency mode”.
“We met yesterday and we heard about the plans with local authorities standing up all their local coordination groups,” he told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland.
“ESB and Irish Water have their crisis management teams and plans activated. So all critical infrastructure and essential services are operating now in emergency mode for the next 24 to 48 hours and we’ll have a meeting again at 10am.
“The key advice for this storm, it is an extreme storm at the very upper end of the Atlantic storms we experience, for those times that red-level warnings are in place – shelter at home, shelter in place, do not move out and particularly, do not travel on the roads during that period.
“The other key piece of advice – make sure your mobile phone is charged and if you find yourself in a really difficult situation, dial 999. Even if your…
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