MONDAY, NOON: Belco said this morning that they have 25,000 customers without power, but they expect to have "significant restoration" within 24 hours as Hurricane Florence moves away from Bermuda.

Linda Smith Wilson, Belco's vice-president of public relations, told the Bermuda Sun that the the power company has 37 of 75 circuits not working.

She added that the good news is that it appears that no major lines or transformers were damaged so that the company expects to start sending out crews at 1pm.

She said there are crew across the causeway to service St. George's and St. David's.

Ms. Smith Wilson added that there should be "significant restoration" within 24 hours.

"We'll have crews working throughht the evening and night to restore power to people's homes."

The company will start fixing the main lines and after they are back working Belco will get the substations back on line as well.

She also said that people who have generators and plan on hooking them up to the main power source, they should turn off the main source first. Then they should connect to the customer side, rather than the Belco side.