A fallen tree is causing tailbacks on the Warrenpoint Road.
It's closed in both directions between Drumsesk Road and the Shore Road.
Police say diversions are in place.
Warrenpoint taxi driver Joe Kelly told Q Radio it took him an hour and twenty minutes to make a two-mile trip:
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