JERSEY is experiencing its first July gale for 24 years.

Reports of falling trees, flooding and sunken boats yesterday made the conditions seem more wintry than summery.

The weather was a far cry from the Met Office’s predictions.

A forecaster told the JEP yesterday to expect it to be ‘a little breezy’ and ‘nothing unusual’.

Throughout the evening and into the early hours of this morning the States police received reports of six fallen trees, a sunken boat at St Catherine and a boat adrift in St Aubin’s Harbour.

Boat owners have been advised to check their moorings because a number of vessels around the Island are said to have been damaged.

Flooding was also reported along some stretches of St Peter’s Valley as the strong winds have blown leaves and flowers onto the roads, which have been blocking the drains.

A carport roof at Mont de la Rocque, St Brelade, was ripped off last night and this morning the Fire and Rescue Service had to attend to a sparking electricity cable in St Martin.