BELCO “Closely Monitoring” Two Storms
BELCO is advising residents that it is “closely monitoring the forecasts associated with both major Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda and the likely impacts to the island.”
BELCO Managing Director Shelly Leman said, “Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited [BELCO] today advised residents that it is closely monitoring the forecasts associated with both major Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda and the likely impacts to the island.
“Forecasts are showing a prolonged period of strong winds and heavy rain that will impact Bermuda between Tuesday and Thursday. In the event that residents lose power throughout this period, it is possible that BELCO crews may not be able to respond right away, but will start work as soon as it is safe to do so. The safety of our team and the public is paramount.
“Residents are also asked to please not call BELCO if their power goes out as properties with an Advanced Metering Infrastructure [AMI] meter will alert BELCO to the outage. It is important to keep the phone lines open for emergencies such as pole fires and downed power lines.
“The public can get updates on any storm-related outages on BELCO’s website and social media pages, inclusive of Facebook, X and Instagram.”
