Alert: Status orange weather warning issued for Waterford as Storm Kathleen approaches

Waterford has been added to the list of counties which will be under a status orange wind warning this weekend due to Storm Kathleen.

Met Éireann, which officially named the storm earlier this Thursday, has now issued an update as the precise path of the severe weather system becomes clearer.

The status orange wind warning, which takes effect from 7am on Saturday, now apples to Waterford, Cork, Kerry, Galway and Mayo. It will remain valid until 5pm.

Met Éireann says: "Storm Kathleen will bring gale force southerly winds, with some severe and damaging gusts."

The forecaster lists the possible impacts as "very difficult travel conditions, fallen trees, some power outages, coastal flooding and wave overtopping."

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A Status Yellow wind warning for the rest of Ireland on Saturday warns of "very strong and gusty southerly winds associated with Storm Kathleen."

Possible impacts include "some fallen trees, difficult travel conditions, debris, loose objects displaced and some coastal flooding."

This status yellow warnings are valid from 7am to 8pm on Saturday.