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MET Office weather warning

The MET Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.
The MET Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.

Spells of heavy rain leading to some transport disruption and flooding in places late on Thursday and into Friday.

The Met Office yellow warning is in place from 12.00am to 6.00pm on Friday 30 January.

Spells of heavy rain leading to some transport disruption and flooding in places overnight Thursday 29 into Friday 30 January 2025.

What to expect

  • Spray and flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and some road closures
  • Bus and train services affected with journey times taking longer with some cancellations possible

  • There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings

  • There is a small chance that some communities will become cut off by flooded roads

  • There is a slight chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses

The weather warning is in place for County Antrim, County Armagh, County Down, County Fermanagh, County Londonderry and  County Tyrone.

Further information and advice is available from the Met Office website: 

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Help and advice

  • If you are affected by flooding you should call Floodline on 0300 2000 100
  • If you are a Housing Executive tenant you should also contact your local office on 03448 920 900
  • Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service can be contacted on 028 9266 4221

You can find contact details for other organisations in our section about:

You can also find further information on NI Direct about: 

Emergency repairs: 

tel.: 03448 920 901


If you're concerned about anyone rough sleeping

The Welcome Organisation, Belfast: 

tel.: 07894 931 047

First Housing Derry/Londonderry: 

tel.: 07540 100 208

Other areas, call us on: 

tel.: 03448 920 908