Samuel GuistPeople living in Newcastle County Down have been using sandbags to protect their homes after flooding caused by two days of heavy rainfall.
Samuel Guist, who lives in the Tullybrannigan Road area of the town, said streams of water where washing down past houses.
A yellow weather warning for rain was in place for parts of Northern Ireland on Saturday and Sunday.
“One of my neighbours who has lived here for 40 years said he has never seen anything like it,” Mr Guist said.
“I don’t think the water has got into any of the houses yet, but the water is still rising.”
Nicky ThomosnSandbags were delivered to the area after residents alerted the NI Water Floodline.
Mr Guist said stones and gravel had washed down from the Mourne Mountains making some roads in the area almost impassible for vehicles.
He said residents had shovelled the stones and gravel to make barriers along with the sandbags to protect their homes.
“It is particularly bad on Sunningdale Drive, which runs on to Tullybrannigan Road,” he said.
“Four-by-fours are able to get up and down, but most cars are avoiding it.”
The Met Office issued a yellow weather alert for counties Antrim, Armagh and Down until noon on Sunday.
Met Office forecast up to 30mm of rain in the affected areas, with up to 100mm of rain possible over the Mourne Mountains.
Warnings have also been issued for several counties in the Republic of Ireland.
Counties Waterford and Cork were under an orange weather warning overnight from Saturday into Sunday morning, with Met Éireann warning of possible flooding, external and “very difficult” travelling conditions.
A yellow warning was also in effect for counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, and Kerry, until the early hours of Sunday, while a yellow warning for Louth is in place until noon.
