Three different weather warnings are currently in place across the country as Storm Ellen starts to batter Ireland.
Bringing 130km/h winds, extremely heavy rain and flooding with her, Ellen is set to hammer the country from this afternoon until Thursday.
And sadly, despite things easing off a bit tomorrow night, wet and windy conditions will remain until early next week.
A Status Red alert, the highest that Met Eireann can issue, is currently in place for Co Cork, while a Status Orange caution was given to the rest of Munster, Galway and Mayo.
Meanwhile, the entire country is currently under a Status Yellow warning for strong wings.
The brutal storm is expected to produce a "core of very severe and destructive winds."
But what is the difference between Met Eireann's weather alerts?
A Status Red weather warning is issued for severe weather and means take action.
Explaining more, Met Eireann said: "The issue of RED level severe weather warnings should be a comparatively rare event and implies that recipients take action to protect themselves and/or their properties; this could be by moving their families out of the danger zone temporarily."
An Orange warning implies that all recipients in the affected areas should prepare themselves in an appropriate way for the anticipated conditions.
A Yellow alert is issued to inform the public to take "preventative action," but is not considered to pose "an immediate risk to the general population.”
So what's the latest on Storm Ellen?
Speaking earlier, Head of forecasting Evelyn Cusack said: "Ellen is forecast to move over the southwest of Ireland Wednesday evening, tracking northwards over the country during Wednesday night and daytime Thursday.
"Gusts generally of 80 to 100km/h can be expected and potentially gusts may exceed 130km/h in some exposed coastal and mountain locations and some lower locations due to funnelling effects...With trees in full leaf and peak numbers on holidays in Ireland, impacts could be significant with damaging winds, heavy rain, and large waves along the coast.
"Strong winds overland, high, potentially dangerous, waves can occur on lakes as well as along coasts and over high ground...Extreme caution is advised."
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