Tesco store closed temporarily as staff battle severe ceiling leaks
The incident happened at around 12.30pm on Tuesday at the Lucan branch of the busy brand.
A video shared to social media shows a heavy stream of water coming through the ceiling and building around the freezer area of the shops. A Tesco store in Dublin was closed for a period of time on Tuesday as heavy rainfall came through the ceiling of the shop. Pic: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Wet floor signs were put in place, however it is understood the store was closed for a period as staff battled the serious leaks.
The video was shared on the Lucan Living Facebook page by local Richard Seager, prompting replies from fellow locals.
One said: 'Constantly happens when there's heavy rain!' The incident happened at around 12.30pm on Tuesday at the Luan branch of the busy brand. Pic: Facebook
Another echoed: 'That's nothing that hasn't happened before it's going on years buckets everywhere.'
A third added: 'Omg.'
Extra.ie have reached out to Tesco Ireland for further details on the incident. Wet floor signs were put in place, however it is understood the store was closed for a period as staff battled the serious leaks. Pic: Facebook
It comes as Met Éireann forecasts a continuation of unsettled weather with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle expected for much of the rest of the week,
On Wednesday, the rain and drizzle is predominantly for Munster, with dry and sunny spells elsewhere until patchy rain develops further north by afternoon time.
Thursday is looking to be 'quite a cloudy, wet and breezy' day with thundery rain also on the horizon, while Friday is looking to ease up a bit with a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers — though the showers are forecast to turn heavier by evening time.
Saturday will be a 'generally dry' day with sunny spells but the occasional scattered shower while Sunday will be a more thundery day again with spot flooding, local hail and lightning all forecast.
It comes following highs of up to 30C last weekend, with status yellow high temperature warnings issued for the country on Friday and Saturday.
The sunny weather was short lived with rain hitting Munster again on Sunday, though temperatures have remained in the high teens and early twenties.
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