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Power out for thousands in Bermuda as hurricane moves away | Reuters

Power out for thousands in Bermuda as hurricane moves away | Reuters.

People stand on the island's south shore to feel the winds from approaching Hurricane Gonzalo, in Astwood Park, October 17, 2014. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead

People stand on the island’s south shore to feel the winds from approaching Hurricane Gonzalo, in Astwood Park, October 17, 2014.

CREDIT: REUTERS/NICOLA MUIRHEAD

 (Reuters) – Power was out for tens of thousands in Bermuda on Saturday morning after Hurricane Gonzalo pummeled the island with torrential rain and howling winds through the night, but there have been no reports of serious injuries.

The eye of the strongest storm to sweep the subtropical British territory in a decade was 200 miles northeast of the island by early Saturday morning after making landfall the night before, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Gonzalo whipped the island with maximum sustained winds of around 110 miles per hour (175 kph), forecasters said, with hurricane force winds extending out some 45 miles (72 km) from the eye.

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