Hurricane Gonzalo ended up weaker than expected when it hitBermuda last week, but damage on the island was stillwidespread.

The storm, which had been forecast to hit the island as aCategory 4 hurricane had been downgraded to a Category 3 when itreached the island on Friday. By the time the eye of the stormpassed over the island, it had been downgraded to a Category 2 with110 mph winds.

“The storm weakened prior to landfall due to both lower seasurface temperatures and higher wind shear in the vicinity ofBermuda,” said Scott Stransky, manager and principal scientist atAIR Worldwide.

The Bermuda Electric Light Company, Bermuda’s utility service,reported that approximately 80% of the island’s 65,000 residentslost power from the storm. The Causeway, which links the BermudaInternational Airport in St. George’s Parish to Hamilton Parish onthe mainland, was closed Friday morning and sustained minordamage.

Risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide is on the ground in the countrythis week, and sent the following photos of the aftermath toPC360.

All photos are courtesy AIR Worldwide.

Damage to a hotel unit. All the other units were fine and thehotel was operating as normal.

Damage to boats, docks, and buildings at Royal Hamilton AmateurDinghy Club. This is the very eastern end of the harbor, so anyboats that broke free during the first half of the storm ended uphere. Once they were aground, they stayed, because the tide wasdropping for the worst of the storm surge.

Additional damage to boats, docks, and buildings at RoyalHamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.

Damage to a large building just outside of Dockyard. The roofingis not traditional Bermudian roofing.

A case of an old, poorly maintained building in Bermuda withclear signs of cracks in the stone blocks and rotting beams.

Damage to the causeway. A few of the wall segments were brokenoff. Divers were out inspecting the wall on 10/20.

Damage recorded at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo. Roofdamage was sustained to one exhibit, but there were still animalsinhabiting it. One piece from the roof was found about a quartermile away.

Another case of non-Bermuda-style roofs being heavily damaged.AIR noted that of the very few wooden/shingle roofs in Bermuda,most of them were in at least this bad of shape.

Heavily damaged church roof along North Shore nearFlatt’s.

Downed boats in a boat yard in Dockyard. Many boats in this yardwere damaged by falling over (more so than any other boat yardsthat were observed).

Roof and side damage to a residential building.

Damage at Gibb’s Hill Light House in Southampton. The damage tothe restaurant area was extensive, but the rest of the lighthousewas operating as normal.