Weather tracker: Storm Ciarán and Louisiana superfog cause chaos

The Channel Islands bore the brunt of a record-breaking storm, while a crash in the US involved 168 vehicles

In the past couple of days, Storm Ciaran created quite a ruckus across southern parts of England, but caused more significant disruption to the Channel Islands.

As Ciaran arrived on Wednesday night, the Channel Islands received the brunt of the storm with wind gusts just in excess of 100mph observed at Jersey airport. There were reports that a suspected tornado developed across Jersey during the early hours of the night, accompanied by hailstones the size of golf balls. Serious amounts of damage were inflicted on properties, with windows being blown in, roofs torn off of houses and debris damaging cars.