Read our Privacy noticeNew rain warnings have been issued as communities hit by heavy flooding earlier in the week assess the damage. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow rain warning for counties Dublin, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, and Waterford which will be in effect all day Thursday. The Irish forecaster warned that heavy rain, combined with saturated grounds and high river levels, could lead to more flooding. A Yellow-level rain warning has also been issued by the Met Office for Northern Ireland, from midnight until 6pm on Friday. The scale of the flooding in some areas has heaped pressure on forecaster Met Eireann and the government over whether the warnings issued were sufficient.