translate English to French: 1983 Winds gusting to 118 km/h downed power lines in St. John's, Newfoundland, leaving many residents without electricity on Christmas Day.Â About 200 crewmen working on three offshore oil drilling rigs in the Grand Banks were brought home Christmas Eve after the company decided the weather would be too stormy to drill.Â Waves reached 12 metres and the wind gusted to 135 km/h.
1991 Une tempête secoue Terre-Neuve le jour de Noël : de la neige, de la pluie, de la pluie verglaçante et de forts vents. Corner Brook enregistre près de 40 cm de neige.