Hurricane Leslie update – Sunday 2pm

Outside the one window facing the Atlantic Ocean that is not boarded up I am finding it hard to decipher the sea and the sky, it’s just a canvas of murky grey. The rain is coming at the window like someone is stood outside with a power washer but the winds aren’t that bad.

According to the eminent Bernews 800 homes are currently without power, we are currently ok, although the telly is a little shaky and the Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore is giving us regular updates stood on the beach at Elbow in his waterproofs.

Looking at the radar we have a fair few bands of strong winds and rain to come as Leslie strengthens and makes its way north. The strongest winds recorded so far was 75mph at the Commissioner’s House, which is the island’s Maritime Museum, situated high up at Dockyard at the western point of Bermuda.