and Warwick left residents without power yesterday as the after-effects of a tropical depression bathed the island.

A deep low pressure region moving into Bermuda on Monday evening caused the high winds and driving rain.

All Bermuda Electric Light Company crews were kept busy yesterday, working well into the night as they attempted to restore power to residents' homes.

But some customers were still without power when darkness fell last night.

McGall's Hill was particularly hard hit and Belco workers sent to the area spent much of their time trimming and removing trees and branches before they could mend the damaged power lines.

The Pembroke Park area and Warwick were also hard hit. Power was restored to St. George's by late in the afternoon and to Somerset by dark.

Belco spokeswoman Ms Linda Smith said the majority of calls came between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

"We lost ten circuits, which feed electricity to the larger areas but they were all restored by 7 a.m.,'' she explained.

"The rest of the day was spent replacing lines which had been brought down by fallen trees.'' Weather officials at the United States Naval Office told The Royal Gazette last night the disturbance was moving in a northeasterly direction away from Bermuda.

Residents can expect more rain showers today.

A Harbour Radio spokesman said the weather began to deteriorate around 4.30 p.m. with balmy conditions in St. George's, although his office had received reports of wind gusts as high as 40 knots in the west end.

"The wind and heavy rain were the remnants of the year's ninth tropical depression,'' he said.

"It began around Honduras and made its way through Florida and the Carolinas, but the wind and moisture associated with it have reached us.'' Wind gusts as high as 58 knots and sustained winds approaching 40 knots clobbered Bermuda along with 1.35 inches of rain.

Unusually high tides were recorded although the Harbour Radio spokesman said this was more a consequence of the strong wind and rain.

"The high tides last night were no more than usual,'' he said, "but the winds and rain contributed to the elevated tides.'' Fire Services spokesman Lt. John Thompson said they received more calls than usual yesterday with complaints of utility pole fires, however in every instance firefighters were unable to locate the source of the complaint.