Cork City Floods in pictures

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Almost 20,000 households in Cork City are without water after unprecedented flooding described by the ESB as a “one-in-800-year event”. These pictures show the extent of the damage caused by the Flooding. Picture: Brian Lougheed, Roger O’Sullivan, Margaret and Randy Jordon

The flood has meant 123,000 people will be without water for at least three days, forcing hundreds to queue for emergency supplies from tankers yesterday.

Click on image to see more of the Cork City floods

Posted 809 days ago  |  1470 Views  |    2 comments  |  

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Comments

1. martin says:

   November 23, 2009 at 12:38 pm

   thanks for putting these up. some nice shots.

   Reply
2. themonboys says:

   December 29, 2009 at 2:13 pm

   Excellent pictures of an awful day.

   Reply

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