Watch moment rain pours through roof of busy Dublin Tesco as store closed & people cry ‘nothing new'
The incident happened at around 12.30pm yesterday afternoon in the busy Lucan
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Staff were left mopping up water for hours according to customers
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Rain could be seen falling freely inside the store
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In a video shared to a local community page by Richard Seager, a steady stream of water can be seen flowing from the ceiling of the supermarket.
Water can be seen accumulating on the floor around the freezer aisle of the shop, with wet floor signs in place.
It is understood the store closed for some time yesterday as a result of the severe leaks.
Commenting on the video, one person said: "No wonder this store was closed for several hours today!
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"They reopened but the cleaning crew was still cleaning up the water tile by tile in the evening."
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Met Eireann's Linda Hughes had said: "Tuesday morning will be mostly cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain.
'Sunny spells and scattered showers for the afternoon but they'll clear for most places for the evening.
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'Highest temperatures of 15C to 19C with moderate to fresh west to northwest winds.'
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Locals have revealed the flooding is a common occurrence when heavy rain hits the area.
One person commented: "That's nothing that hasn't happened before it's going on years buckets everywhere."
Another said: "Constantly happens when there's heavy rain!"
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One person added: "Always happen in heavy rain…hope everyone's ok."
And another said: "Always the same place main pipe there get blocked."
The Irish Sun reached out to Tesco Ireland for a comment but did not receive an immediate reply.
WEATHER PREP
It comes as Ireland was
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warned the country to brace for
as the weather reverts back to "typical Irish summer" conditions.
And the flood warning after residents in Co Louth were blasted by what is believed to have been a mini-tornado.
Rita Smith, 45, was left in shock after what she described as a "
" whipped through her home in Drogheda, Co
, leaving behind damage to a number of homes.
Rita said the weather phenomenon only lasted a few seconds but caused
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