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Elaine McCahill

Storm Dennis: Brave drinkers enjoy pints on pedal bar despite wind and rain

Storm Dennis has been battering the UK and Ireland but it didn't deter a bunch of drinkers from enjoying their pints on a pedal bar tour in Dublin.

A video shows the group battling severe wind and rain as the peddle furiously through the streets of the Irish capital.

Sheets of rain can be seen drenching the group of tourists in the viral video.

The clip was posted on Twitter where someone quipped: “That's their morning after transport to the airport, clears the head before getting home.”

One onlooker said: “It looked like they were doing their best to finish the tour as soon as possible and get to the nearest pub.”

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This group of drinkers were battered by Storm Denis on their pedal bus tour in Dublin (Twitter)

 

As it often rains in Ireland, the Dublin Pedal Bus tours are always prepared and provide ponchos for riders during bad weather.

Meanwhile, thousands of airline passengers are facing more misery today as flights are grounded due to Storm Dennis.

More families hoping for a half term getaway have had their plans rocked by further cancellations today.

easyJet has cancelled 118 flights because of the adverse weather, with the majority in Gatwick and Luton.

Yesterday more than 300 flights, including 234 easyJet and 40 British Airways planes, did not take off.

Rail services are also severely impacted, with Network Rail warning people not to travel in and out of Devon or Cornwall by train.

They were seen sinking pints despite the rain (Twitter)

 

 

Elsewhere, the situation was said to be "life-threatening" in South Wales, where the Met Office issued a red warning due to heavy rainfall and flooding risk.

"It's quite an extreme move but we have seen widespread falls across the whole region," forecaster Greg Dewhurst said.

The Environment Agency's (EA) flood and coastal risk management executive director John Curtin said on Sunday that there were a record 594 flood warnings and alerts in force.

Mr Curtin tweeted: "Breaking: we now have the most flood warnings and alerts in force (594) in England than any other day on record."

The Met Office said that winds of more than 80mph were recorded across parts of the country, with the highest measuring 91mph in Aberdaron in north Wales on Saturday.

A total of 156.2mm of rain fell at Crai Reservoir in Powys in the 48 hours from Friday to Sunday morning, it added.

The average monthly rainfall for February in Wales is 111.1mm, the Met Office added.

Severe flood warning have been issued for the rivers Neath and Taff in South Wales, as well as the River Teme further north.

Pictures on social media show the Taff bursting its banks and flooding parts of Pontypridd, while rescue workers were using boats to get families to safety after further flooding in nearby Nantgarw.

Gwent Police said that residents of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, were being advised to evacuate due to the flooding.

The Met Office has also issued amber alerts - meaning people must be prepared to change plans and protect themselves and their family from the storm - for parts of Yorkshire, Wales, Devon, East Sussex and Kent.

Pontypridd in South Wales which has been hit by severe flooding overnight (Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror)

Earlier, the Ministry of Defence deployed British Army personnel to assist people in West Yorkshire areas badly hit by flooding during last weekend's Storm Ciara.

Two bodies were pulled from rough seas on Saturday, before the worst of the storm hit.

One man was found following a huge search operation off Margate after an early-morning distress call, while another was found at Herne Bay.

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