Heavy rain hits Electric Picnic as orange level rainfall warning issued for 13 counties

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Heavy rain overnight left many Electric Picnic attendees with wet sleeping bags, pyjamas, and flooded tents

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The forecaster says 50mm of local intense rainfall and squalls are likely. The warning is for between 4am and 8am on Sunday for counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and Waterford. The heavy rain overnight meant many attendees experienced wet sleeping bags, pyjamas, and flooded tents. On Saturday morning, groups of friends were seen attempting to re-pitch tents that had come down during the wet and blustery weather.

Met Éireann has also issued a yellow level rainfall warning for the entire country. Met Eireann has warned of torrential downpours as well as potential thunderstorms and lightning strikes in the early hours of Sunday morning. The yellow level rainfall warning for all is valid from 1am on Sunday until 10am.

 

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Weather is always the same for EP weekend. Shi... 🤷. That's why you need body warmer 🥃

In Greece beautiful weather

Wimps, no mud slides?

Hahaha good

'Pyjamas'. Really? At a music festival? Let us know when the 'Horlicks' van has had to close up shop as well.

No electricity and no picnic

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