During the weather event, called Storm Aurore, several roads across the Island were blocked by fallen trees – causing bus services to be cancelled or diverted and the States police to ask motorists to delay their commute and consider working from home.
Some residents in St Mary reported experiencing power cuts after overhead cables were damaged.
Meanwhile, there was a scene of destruction at the Plémont Bay Café on Wednesday morning after the wooden RNLI lifeguard hut, located on the building’s roof, was blown off and dropped several feet onto the seating below, smashing it into several pieces.
The charity’s lifeguard station at the Watersplash was also affected by the strong winds, when it was pushed partly off its platform and left leaning over backwards at a 45° angle.
Minor damage was also caused to one of the office blocks at the International Finance Centre, where an external fitting was ripped off.
Those living in high-rise blocks at Le Marais and La Collette reported their buildings rocking back and forth during the strong gusts, and in Guernsey, islanders had to be issued with lateral-flow tests after the bailiwick’s testing centre was blown off the Crown Pier and into St Peter Port Harbour. The weather was at its most severe at around midnight, when a 68-knot (78mph) gust was recorded at the Harbour.
