Our personal report. We begin tonight in ber yeud w. Feeling the Hurricane Force of hurricane gonzalo. It has battled this island with terrific waves and sustained winds, its the most powerful to hit the island in a decade. Paul beban has the latest. Reporter hurricane gonzalo has already been a powerful and destructive storm. One sailor was killed when it hit the island and others have fled. All you need to do is get ready for it. Pray to the lord. And everything will go fine. Reporter islanders were prepared to prepare for a powerful hit and hurricane gonzalo is delivering. Storm surge is a big concern. There are reports of flooding near ber meu bermudas airport. Wind speed of hurricane fabian back in 2003, that storm caused 300 million in damage and took eight lives. Gonzalo weakened when it hit bermuda but more is expected. For more, on hurricane bermuda lets go to our meteorologist, kevin corriveau. Kevin. Significant damage across the country, especially waking up at 7 00 a. M. ,
We begin tonight with hurricane gonzalo. Slamming into bermuda, in the path of the category 2 storm. For much of the day, bermuda has been battered by it is the most powerful to hit the island in more than a decade. More than half of the residents are without electricity, david lehada is there. What is the situation david . Thank you john. This may have down graded to a category 2, but this hurricane is lark the island. Total destruction. About 95 of islanders without power. That is reported from delko, the islanislands electric utility. Here in my own house, the windows are rattling and rumbling. I have had doors that i had to lash down. Things are not doing well in bermuda, john. I assume this storm has been going, raging for several hours now right . Yes, well, theres no question. I lost power in hi house here in southham here in my house in southhamton. The reason why that is, it is on the heels of Tropical Storm take which killed the island last week. Last week fay came here and k