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New report places Galway fifth highest nationally for flood-risk

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New report places Galway fifth highest nationally for flood-risk

A new report has found that insurance claims from Galway could total just under 335 million euros if every single at-risk address was flooded.

In the report by risk analysis company Gamma Risk, Galway ranks 5th highest nationally in terms of flood-risk.

It also predicts rebuild costs of 17 million euros on 31 impacted residential properties if Galway were to experience an extreme weather event.

Meanwhile, the analysis shows that over 4 percent of Irish dwellings built since 2020 are situated in high risk flood areas, with Dublin having the highest concentration of these new at risk dwellings.

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Head of Sustainability at Gamma Risk, Richard Cantwell has reassured that very few new Galway buildings are in flood-prone areas when compared with other counties.

New report places Galway fifth highest nationally for flood-risk

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