#WATCH Water gushing onto road and into houses as Clodiagh River in Laois bursts its banks

Houses, businesses, a church and a school are all at risk of flooding as The Clodiagh River in the Laois village of Clonaslee was unable to hold the heavy rainfall on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. 

Part of the wall at the river near the centre of the village on the Tullamore road near the church and the school was damaged and weakened before the heavy rainfall.

The river is high and flowing rapidly, the damaged wall has given way to water gushing out of the river very fast, across the road and possibly going into houses. 

Watch this video below by J.D Finnerty from Clonaslee who was worried that his house may be flooded. The videos were taken on Wednesday morning, November 22. Temperatures are then set to drop. Read more: Heavy rain and flooding followed by polar conditions possibly snow.

Me house lads. Me feckin house! pic.twitter.com/H4Clg6zSJG

— J.D. Finnerty (@JayFinn32) November 22, 2017

The view from the window this morning #Laois #flood pic.twitter.com/B3nhSYO83F

— J.D. Finnerty (@JayFinn32) November 22, 2017

"The water has receded a lot thankfully. But if it rains heavy again then who knows. Still waiting on Council. Fire brigade were here, said the Council are coming with a tonne of sand bags for the wall. A few locals filled up sandbags for our front doors. That was 90 mins ago," he said.

"My house is at the church gate. We had blankets and towels down inside the front door. They were soaked through. The sandbags from the locals helped more. As far as I know the water reached the front doors  but that is as far as it went thankfully," he said.

Widespread flooding incidents around the county, extreme caution is needed on the roads. Crews are in attendance around the county.

— Laois Fire & Rescue (@LaoisFireRescue) November 22, 2017

Met Eireann have issued a status yellow weather warning for rainfall until 9pm on Wednesday evening. 

If your home or local roads are flooded please get in touch with the Leinster Express on 057 86 21666 or email news@leinsterexpress.ie with details of the location, pictures, videos and the extent of damage.  

Read more: Status Yellow rainfall causes floods across Laois with freezing temperatures to follow.