Three teenage campers have been rescued from the Mourne Mountains after their camp was washed out by torrential rain.
The three girls, aged between 15 and 17, called the Mourne Rescue Team for help after finding their route down from the mountains in Co Down blocked by a swollen river early this morning.
Chairman of the Mourne Rescue Service Ed Kilgore said a group had been out camping and were woken by the rain at around 5am and found their camp washed out.
When they tried to make their way back down the way they had gone up, they found their way blocked by a river that was so badly swollen they could not get across, so they rang for help.
The girls were 'wet and miserable and relieved' when the rescue team arrived to guide them down, Mr Kilgore said.
A severe weather warning had been issued for Northern Ireland with a predicted 30 to 50mm of rain overnight.
The PSNI had warned of minor flooding on roads in a number of places this morning including part of the main Belfast to Dublin road outside Banbridge, Co Down.
As heavy rain continued to pour down there was further flooding on roads near Moira, Co Down and Maghaberry and Lisburn, Co Antrim.
However the PSNI said all roads were passable with care.
