![]() “People here are frightened but it’s really a community effort, people trying to help protect premises and the statutory agencies seem to be doing all they can. McNulty said that while he has spoken to the statutory agencies to request that “all supports be put in place”, he acknowledged that “there is limited amounts they can do in terms of the levels of water”.įlooded premises of McCartan Bros in Newry “The water is up over the height of the walls and the walls are looking like they could potentially collapse, it’s a very dangerous situation.” McNulty spoke to The Journal from Sugar Island and said the “floodwaters are surging through the city now as we speak, the canal is flowing like a river”. “They know that nobody has lost their lives or anything, but still, when you put your life working towards something, it’s very, very hard to watch that being destroyed in front of your eyes.” “Many of these businesses in Sugar Island have been there a lifetime and they are totally at their wit’s end in terms of the trauma that it’s causing to them personally,” McNulty told The Journal. The Newry Business Improvement District (BID) said it has already distributed more than 1,500 sandbags and have made canoes and waders available to business owners in the worst affected area.īID has also purchased six “wet vacuums” to help with cleanup and is looking at possibly acquiring other equipment. He has a constituency office close to Newry’s Sugar Island, which has borne the brunt of the city’s flooding. Speaking to The Journal, SDLP MLA Justin McNulty said businesses have been “devastated” by the flooding. In the city of Newry, close to the border, a number of roads remain impassable and some businesses have been flooded, with people advised to avoid Newry City Centre “as it is experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding”. ![]() ![]() It will remain in effect until 9am tomorrow morning, with the UK Met Office warning that another period of heavy rain is “likely to bring some flooding and transport disruption across Northern Ireland”. The PSNI advised the public to avoid Newry City earlier today and urged motorists to take extra precautions when driving due to heavy overnight rainfall which left some roads in a hazardous condition.Ī Status Yellow rain warning is currently in place in counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Derry. NEWRY IS BRACED for further rain tonight after the city was impacted by flooding that was described as “biblical” by a local MLA. ![]()
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