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Hurricane Igor lashes Bermuda
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September 21, 2010, Tuesday
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HURRICANE Igor swept past Bermuda, lashing at the Atlantic island with high winds and furious waves as power failed in many areas, plunging people hunkered down at home into darkness.
Tropical-storm-force winds continued to hit the island early yesterday after passage of the broad storm, which had weakened to just above hurricane status as its center passed about 65 kilometers to the west just before midnight. Winds of 120 km per hour battered the island, and the US National Hurricane Center in Miami said gusts ranged up to 150kph.
By dawn yesterday, the hurricane's center was about 320km north of Bermuda and it was heading to the north-northeast, the Hurricane Center reported.
A tropical storm watch was issued for the coast of Newfoundland in Canada.
Igor was predicted to veer northeast away from the United States.
Wind whipped around trees and power poles on Bermuda, while furious waves crashed over breakwaters and bridges. Yachts strained at their moorings. There were no early reports of major damage, although power was out in many areas and communications were spotty.
"We're certainly getting our money's worth in drama," lawyer James Dodi said while standing outside a downtown hotel in Hamilton watching Igor's winds whip through palm trees and howl around buildings on Sunday night.
Flooding was reported in low-lying areas of Bermuda, while streets in downtown Hamilton, the capital, were covered in several inches of water and littered with tree branches and other debris.
Bermuda's power utility reported that roughly 19,500 customers had lost electricity by Sunday evening on the British territory of 68,000 inhabitants.
Tropical-storm-force winds continued to hit the island early yesterday after passage of the broad storm, which had weakened to just above hurricane status as its center passed about 65 kilometers to the west just before midnight. Winds of 120 km per hour battered the island, and the US National Hurricane Center in Miami said gusts ranged up to 150kph.
By dawn yesterday, the hurricane's center was about 320km north of Bermuda and it was heading to the north-northeast, the Hurricane Center reported.
A tropical storm watch was issued for the coast of Newfoundland in Canada.
Igor was predicted to veer northeast away from the United States.
Wind whipped around trees and power poles on Bermuda, while furious waves crashed over breakwaters and bridges. Yachts strained at their moorings. There were no early reports of major damage, although power was out in many areas and communications were spotty.
"We're certainly getting our money's worth in drama," lawyer James Dodi said while standing outside a downtown hotel in Hamilton watching Igor's winds whip through palm trees and howl around buildings on Sunday night.
Flooding was reported in low-lying areas of Bermuda, while streets in downtown Hamilton, the capital, were covered in several inches of water and littered with tree branches and other debris.
Bermuda's power utility reported that roughly 19,500 customers had lost electricity by Sunday evening on the British territory of 68,000 inhabitants.
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