Just 75 households remained without power this afternoon, according to Belco.

At its peak on Saturday, Storm Idalia knocked out power to more than 4,000 homes with that number reduced to 3,100 by noon.

Yesterday Belco said that as of 1pm 540 households remained without power with crews working around the clock to reconnect homes. At 5pm the number had fallen to 223.

In its 9am update today, Belco said 60 households remained without power although that rose to 75 at noon.

A spokesman said: “Customers are advised that as restoration efforts continue, they may experience temporary outages as crews de-energise circuits to safely effect repairs. As a result, outage numbers will fluctuate throughout this process.

“Additionally, as outages reduce, each restoration initiative will require more manpower and time to resolve. Once resolved, each restoration project will see smaller numbers of customers restored.”

Managing Director of Transmission, Distribution and Retail Shelly Leman added: “Bermuda was battered by storm force winds from Idalia over a sustained period which caused outages across the island.

“We have deployed all our resources to get power restored to all customers as quickly and safely as possible and I thank the public for their continued patience as this work continues.”

According to Belco, the vast majority of power outages were caused by vegetation coming into contact with its overhead network.

Ms Leman added: “I urge property owners to clear up debris from the storm and ensure trees are cut back from power lines in case we are impacted by another storm this season.”

Belco said that property owners should keep vegetation on their property trimmed at least 10 feet away from power lines.

To schedule a temporary outage for tree trimming safety, property owners can call Belco at 295-5111 or email treetrimming@belco.bm.