Residents remaining on in their flood-stricken homes in South-East Clare could face the prospect of evacuation in the coming days, with the local authority on alert for rising water levels in the Mulkear River.
Overnight, waters have risen by up to 100 milimetres.
The army is on standby to assist Clare County Council and the fire service in Springfield, Clonlara, where sandbagging and water pumping is continuing.
Defence forces are also assisting with transportation of residents to and from approximately 12 homes isolated by floodwaters.
The ESB has confirmed that it won't increase the rate of water being released from Parteen Weir, where the flow is currently at 440 cubic metres per second.
The situation will be reviewed again tomorrow.
It's feared the levels in Lough Derg may reach those seen in 2009 in the coming days and, as a result, the flow through Parteen Weir may increase to 2009 levels, which was up to 500 cumecs, in the coming days.
Hugh McGrath, Senior Executive Engineer with Clare County Council said more evacuations couldn't be ruled out at this time.
Meanwhile, with severe flooding in South Galway, Galway East TD Ciaran Cannon is calling on the Minister with reponsibility for the National Parks and Wildlife Service to visit the area.
Deputy Cannon says Heather Humphreys department could do more to assist landowners and farmers.
A number of local roads around Gort have been flooded in the areas of Labane on the N18 (where diversions remain in place), Skehanagh, Peterswell, Tierneevin and Ballinasteigue.
Water levels in the Dunkellin River at Craughwell are also continuing to rise.
Nationally, 13 thousand homes and businesses are now without power after Storm Frank.
The majority of these are in Cork – 4,000 people are in the dark in Bandon and Fermoy and a further 2,000 are without power in Cobh.
Parts of the South, West and Midlands have been battered by gale force winds and heavy rain – leading to widespread flooding and travel disruption.
The National Co-ordination Group is meeting to discuss the flood response.
