NI roads flooded as Storm Christoph causes disruption - hill snow expected overnight

A yellow status weather warning for heavy rain from the Met Office for all of Northern Ireland remains in place until 12.00pm on Wednesday.

Virtually all of Northern Ireland saw some heavy rain on Tuesday and there were widespread reports of localised flooding.

Belfast, Crumlin, Glenavy and Lisburn witnessed some of the heaviest rain with the entire width of some roads submerged in water.

The Met Office is also warning of heavy rain and some hill snow on Tuesday night and into the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Met Office also warned that there is a small chance of fast-flowing water that could pose a danger to life.

The weather experts also said that where flooding occurs there is a “slight chance” that some communities could become cut off by flooded roads as well as a chance of power cuts and loss of other services to some homes and businesses.

“Rainfall accumulations of 20-30 mm are expected quite widely and some places, mostly over higher ground, could see 30-50 mm rain,” said the Met Office.

“This wet weather will clear eastwards early on Wednesday.

“Later on Tuesday rain will also turn to snow over hills, initially down to 300-400 m and then down to 100-200 m Tuesday evening and night.

“The most widespread snow will be over southern Scotland where accumulations of 2-5 cm are possible above 200-300 m and 5-10 cm may fall above 300-400 m,” the warning ended.