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With four named storms lashing County Galway over the past two years, the county council is tooling up for more. Two new gritter trucks cost Galway County Council €500,000 last year, bringing its specialist fleet to three dedicated vehicles.

As Storm Austen, the first named storm of the season, approaches Ireland, homeowners are being urged to take preventative steps to protect their properties from heavy rain, strong winds and potential flooding.

Two Status Yellow weather warnings have been issued for Galway tomorrow (Wednesday), with both high winds and heavy rain forecast for the county throughout the day.

Strong winds have been forecast for Galway later today, with a Yellow weather warning due to come into force in the county from 3pm.

Councillor Alan Cheevers is calling on Galway City Council, in conjunction with Irish Water, to carry out a full and urgent review of all road gullies across Galway City, including those on main roads and within council-managed estates.

Cllr John McDonagh has welcomed confirmation that two new bus shelters are planned for Shantalla over the coming months, at McDara Road and Scoil Bhríde.

Minister Seán Canney has welcomed tweaks to flood relief schemes but is hesitant to call for Galway city’s sea defences to be listed as ‘critical infrastructure’.

Met Éireann has warned of a risk of thunderstorms in Galway and throughout Connacht from mid-afternoon today (Thursday) until tomorrow evening.

A public talk on flooding in Galway will take place at 8pm on Tuesday April 14 in the Galway Bay Hotel, where Niall Murphy of the Green Party will introduce a number of expert speakers.

Minister of State Noel Grealish has welcomed the allocation of €1.5 million to tackle flooding in the village of Claregalway.