SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The cleanup began across Bermuda on Thursday after Hurricane Imelda swiped past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm, downing trees, power lines and transformers.

“There has been no significant damage and, most importantly, no reported casualties,” Premier David Burt said.

Bermuda had closed schools, offices and the international airport on Wednesday as it deployed 100 soldiers to secure infrastructure, clear roads and help at emergency shelters.

At the height of the storm, 18,000 customers were left without power, but crews were quickly restoring it.

Earlier in the week, Imelda battered the northern Caribbean . It unleashed widespread flooding in eastern Cuba, where two people died, and in Haiti, where one person was missing and two others

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