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AN ELDERLY brother and sister had to be rescued from their home in Co Clare yesterday morning after thunderstorms and torrential downpours left them standing knee-high in water in their kitchen.

Both in their late 80s, the two had to be lifted by firefighters from the house at Dromore, Ruan, after they became cut off by flood waters. Several areas of the county were badly affected by yesterday’s rain, while several roads remained impassable last night.