
At 0000 GMT on Saturday, the northern portion of the eye of Gonzalo, packing "damaging winds and life-threatening storm surges," moved over the island, the
Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Al Jazeera was told that between 80 to 95 percent of the island has lost power.
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 175 km per hour, and was moving northeast at 26 km per hour.

Residents, whipped by winds and rains earlier Thursday as the hurricane approached, reported a strange calm as the center of the storm passed.
"We are definitely in the eye now, it's completely quiet," said Katie
Titterton, a resident near Grape Bay in
central Bermuda.
source: Al Jazeera, Agencies
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