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Storm Ciarán impacts northwestern Europe, killing six people, including two in Belgium, two in France, and one each in Spain and the Netherlands, and causing mass disruption to transport. Widespread damage from 100 mph winds are reported in the Channel Islands, while 1.2 million French households are left without electricity.
2023-11-2

A geomagnetic storm hits Earth, causing auroras as far south as Alabama and southern England. The storm registers at a G4.
2023-04-24

A red-breasted goose in the Jersey Zoo, Channel Islands, tests positive for H5N8 avian influenza.
2022-03-4

The first death from COVID-19 is confirmed in the Channel Islands, an elderly patient at a hospital in Jersey.
2020-03-25

In the Channel Islands, a multinational search and rescue operation for a missing aircraft carrying Cardiff City F.C. footballer Emiliano Sala resumes, after fading light and deteriorating weather conditions caused the search to be called off the previous day.
2019-01-22

A Piper Malibu light aircraft, carrying two people on a flight from Nantes to Cardiff, goes missing off the coast of Alderney in the Channel Islands. A major search and rescue operation is underway. Cardiff City F.C. footballer Emiliano Sala is confirmed to have been on board the missing aircraft.
2019-01-21

The Met Office issues travel warnings for parts of Wales, Scotland and England as Storm Doris, described as a “weather bomb”, brings gales, heavy rain and snow to the United Kingdom. At least one person is killed.
2017-02-23

The Met Office issues warnings for parts of Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland as Storm Barbara prepares to make landfall.
2016-12-20

The Met Office issues warnings for parts of South East England as Storm Angus prepares to make landfall.
2016-11-19

Six people are killed in a stabbing incident on the Channel Island of Jersey
2011-08-14