South Shore over the weekend.

But last night the storm remained a potential threat to the Island.

At 6 p.m. Lili was positioned 150 nautical miles southeast of the Island at latitude 30.9 north, longitude 62.5 west with maximum sustained winds of 75 knots.

It was spinning off into the North Atlantic at 21 knots but was slowing down and forecasters predicted it would stall and weaken to tropical storm strength by tomorrow morning.

But a Bermuda Weather Service spokesman said storms which stalled sometimes "looped around'' and if this happened Lili could come back toward the Island.

The closest Lili came to the Island was at around 2 p.m. yesterday, continued the spokesman, when it was 140 nautical miles to the southeast of the Island.

Between 1.45 p.m. and 2.15 p.m. the maximum sustained winds recorded on the Island were 30 to 35 knots and the highest gust was about 42 knots said the spokesman.

But most of the weekend's rain came from a low trough that crossed the Island in front of the hurricane.

Lili only accounted for about a tenth of an inch worth of the weekend's rainfall, said the spokesman.

Earlier in the week, Lili roared through the Caribbean killing ten people in Nicaragua, Honduras and Costa Rica before moving north over Cuba and then east through the central Bahamas.

The Bahamas Broadcasting Corp. reported no casualties but Lili ripped roofs off dozens of homes, flooded streets and damaged banana crops.

Electricity to many parts of the islands was cut and emergency crews were working to repair toppled poles and shredded lines.

Cuban authorities reported no deaths from the storm but said it had damaged or destroyed 29,000 homes and caused widespread damage to crops including sugar cane, citrus fruits, coffee and bananas.