Bermuda residents breathed a collective sigh of relief after Hurricane Gonzalo appeared to have spared the Atlantic archipelago from major damage.
The category two storm knocked down trees, damaged a hospital and cut power to most of the island's residents.
But "all in all, we came out of this storm much better than we expected," Premier Michael Dunkley said in a broadcast.
Dunkley said Bermuda "took a licking" but praised residents for their storm preparations.
There were no immediate reports of fatalities.
"We are a bit bruised. But we will recover from this," Dunkley said.
Gonzalo, which had already killed one person and caused damage across the Caribbean, buffeted Bermuda with winds of 175km per hour, forecasters said.
The hurricane was heading toward the coast of Newfoundland on Canada's east coast, the US National Hurricane Center said in its latest forecast.
"As far as roads and infrastructure, we are in a much better position than many people might have thought," Dunkley said.
He added that many major roads were open, but reported some damage to the hospital.
Forecasters were also keeping watch on Tropical Storm Trudy, which was drenching southern Mexico, and Hurricane Ana, the centre of which was predicted to pass about 241 km southwest of Hawaii's Big Island, triggering heavy downpours.
Gonzalo was the seventh storm of the Atlantic season, which stretches from June to November.
Hurricane Cristobal left at least four people dead in late August when it thrashed the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and the Dominican Republic, causing serious flooding.
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