Flash floods struck Donegal yesterday evening, mainly affecting Fintown, Ballybofey and Stranorlar.
In Fintown, around half a dozen homes and Norton’s pub were damaged by the flood, with the R252 connecting Glenties and Letterkenny being impassible for some time before Glenties Fire Service attended the scene and pumped the water away.
Speaking to Donegal Daily, Fintown resident Una Mc Keown described how the flash flood tore past her house.
“It came on so fast, after about 20 or 30 minutes I looked outside and saw the water coming down the street. It was flowing so fast, I was worried that it would rise to the level of the door.”
Thankfully the water did not enter the house, but if it had been an inch higher it would have reached the door.
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Although the water has now been cleared, the fast flowing water came through her garden and ripped up dirt and carried it, leaving her street covered in soil and gravel.
The water rushed past her home to the forest and lake that lie at a lower level to her house.
Her sister-in-law who lives on the Glenties side of Fintown had been visiting at the time, but could not go home until the roads were reopened after several hours.
Seemingly as quick as it had started, Una said that the rain stopped and filtered away.
Stranorlar resident Ewa Szwichtenberg was also affected by the floods.
She shot the following footage which shows her waterlogged drains, with a manhole bursting in her back garden.
Although it has now subsided, Ewa has spent the morning clearing the garden.
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