And on the roads a clear-up operation was launched after winds – which gusted up to 66 mph in St Helier – brought down trees and blocked roads in most of the parishes.
Honorary police officers, the Infrastructure Department and tree surgeons were out in force clearing the debris.
About 40 homes were left without power after fallen trees and branches damaged overhead cables in Mont Mado, Grands Vaux and Bonne Nuit.
On Wednesday, British Airways flight BA2770 into Jersey returned to Gatwick with 103 passengers on board due to the weather.
Midway over the Channel the pilot made the decision to return to the UK as it was deemed unsafe to land in St Peter.
Meanwhile, house music DJ Weiss, who was performing at the Mimosa nightclub on Boxing Day night, was supposed to be on the departing British Airways flight to Gatwick which was also cancelled, and tweeted to say the cancellation had ruined his anniversary plans in Australia.
His tweet read: ‘…I now miss my wedding anniversary with my wife and miss my flight to Australia tonight. #weather #verysad.’
Several incoming Flybe flights from Birmingham, London City, Exeter and Southampton were delayed. The BE6406 8.30 am flight in from Guernsey was delayed by more than seven hours.
Frustrated travellers took to social media to air their grievances and some criticised airlines for what they described as a lack of information about delays.
In an exchange with Flybe on Twitter, passenger Andrew Adlington said: ‘Can someone tell us and the staff in Jersey airport what is going on ? This stuff actually affects some people’s lives and they need info to make arrangements.’
Condor also cancelled all sailings of its Liberation and Rapide vessels to England and France due to very rough seas on Wednesday. At times, winds reached a storm force ten in the Channel and gusts up to 72 mph were recorded on the Channel light vessel.
On Thursday the ferry company put on extra sailings to compensate for the cancellations but warned that services scheduled for Friday and Saturday were ‘under review’, as winds were due to reach 60 mph again in the Channel with sea conditions expected to be ‘above safe and legal operating limits’. Passengers booked onto the services should visit condorferries.co.uk for more information.
The States police put out a warning on social media following numerous reports of trees down across the Island.
In St Saviour a large tree ‘four to five feet in diameter’ fell on Rue du Ponterrin in Maufant.
Centenier Steven Laffoley-Edwards said the tree had been cut up and was due to be cleared by Wednesday afternoon.
‘People need to be vigilant. There is a lot of debris around and the ground is saturated so the roots are not stable. Residents must make sure they secure things like bins in this sort of weather,’ he said.
Trees were also down on the hill to Ouaisné, on the Grande Rue in St Mary on the way to Devil’s Hole, on Grande Route de St Laurent near Carrefour Selous, on Mont des Vignes in St Peter and Rue des Alleurs in Grouville, as well as in other places.
Jersey Met Office duty forecaster Philip Johnson said that about 8 mm of rain fell on Boxing Day night.
Winds were due to drop to a force three on Thursday but pick up to a strong force seven towards the weekend.
In the UK snowfall was causing mayhem for Christmas travellers in part of the country. The Met Office has issued warnings for ice for northern Scotland, Northern Ireland and north-east England and snow for Wales and parts of central and southern England. Elsewhere, about 14,000 properties around the UK were left without power.
