Storm Darragh hits islands harder than was forecasted
Trees and travellers were the worst-affected as force 10 winds hit the island over weekend.
Storm Darragh hit the Bailiwick worse than initially forecasted, as 75mph winds arrived on Saturday afternoon.
Eight roads were completely blocked due to trees and a further three partially blocked, with a number of other trees down, but not falling into roads.
On Saturday night into Sunday, the fire service responded to 25 calls to deal with minor incidents and fallen trees.
Rue de la Grange in St Saviour’s is due to be cleared today, Les Traudes in St Martin’s will remain closed until tomorrow evening. Colborne Road in St Peter Port was blocked due to a tree down, which also caused a wall to collapse.
But life went on largely as normal for most.
The Ambulance & Rescue Service did not need to respond to a single weather-related incident.
Household Waste and Recycling Centre and Mont Cuet Green Waste site stayed closed on Sunday.
People with bin nights tonight are asked to secure their waste and recycling bags.
On Saturday, a Blue Islands flight landed from Jersey at 8.05am and departed again at 8.45am. All other flights were cancelled and the airport closed at noon.
Although airlines hoped to operate later on Sunday, by early afternoon all flights had been cancelled.
One passenger flying home from Birmingham said that on arrival at the airport, they were quickly advised of the cancellation and told they were being rebooked for Tuesday. But some Gatwick passengers are currently facing a wait of days. Aurigny intends to operate additional services.
All ferry and freight services were cancelled over the weekend.
Yesterday’s weather was much calmer, however the winds were still strong around the west coast, with debris coming over at high tide.
