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Hurricane leaves most of Bermuda in the dark

 

Bermuda will be feeling only some leftover winds Thursday as Hurricane Humbertokeeps moving further into the Atlantic.

The Category 3 storm’s 120 mph winds left 80% of the island — more than 27,000 people — without power, a utility company on the island said.
But Humberto won’t be a hurricane much longer. It’s expected to weaken Thursday and become a post-tropical cyclone by Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.
By early Thursday, the center had discontinued all warnings for Bermuda as Humberto churned about 195 miles north northeast of Bermuda.
The island was still feeling the storm’s tropical storm-force winds Thursday morning, which extended 220 miles from the center.
After the hurricane’s swipe at the island, the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service reported 17 minor incidents including gas leaks, nine medical incidents and three structural fires that were not serious, the government said.
Bermuda rarely sees storms as big and powerful as Humberto. Only 21 hurricanes have passed within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean paradise over the past century, with Hurricane Gonzalo in 2014 being the last to make landfall there.
As the spinner continues over the ocean, it’s expected to impact parts of the UK by Tuesday of next week, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said.

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