Storm Agnes disrupted 200 roads across Northern Ireland with flooding and obstructions

A woman and her dog brave the waves in Whitehead, Carrickfergus on Wednesday as Storm Agnes battered Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland saw the fifth highest rainfall in the UK during Storm Agnes with almost 200 roads disrupted by the heavy winds and rain.
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A woman and her dog brave the waves in Whitehead, Carrickfergus on Wednesday as Storm Agnes battered Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland saw the fifth highest rainfall in the UK during Storm Agnes with almost 200 roads disrupted by the heavy winds and rain. Pic Colm Lenaghan/Pacemaker

Northern Ireland saw the fifth highest rainfall in the UK during Storm Agnes with almost 200 roads disrupted by the heavy winds and rain.

Firefighters rescued a woman who was trapped in a submerged car in the River Moyola in Draperstown on Wednesday night. She was treated for hypothermia and shock in hospital.

A Met Office spokesman said: “During the warning period on Wednesday for Storm Agnes, parts of Northern Ireland saw in excess of 40mm of rainfall, with the weather station at Ballypatrick Forest in Antrim seeing 44.8mm of rain – the fifth highest total recorded in the UK.

"The highest recorded wind gust was 73knots in North Wales. Orlock Head in County Down recorded a gust of 60mph, while Glenanne in Armagh recorded a gust of 58mph."

The Department for Infrastructure said ist had at least 258 storm related incidents in NI, 110 of which were flood related - 92 on roads - and 98 of which were obstructions.

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