Schools, public transport, public services and communications networks are all quickly getting back to normal after the passing of Hurricane Joaquin.

All schools, as well as Bermuda College, were due to reopen today.

Freddie Evans, the acting commissioner of education, told The Royal Gazette last night: “Some [public schools] are still experiencing power outages but I have been assured by Belco that this will be rectified and all public schools should be ready to open.”

The Department of Public Transportation advised that a full schedule bus service would be operational this morning, while the Department of Marine and Ports Services said the regular ferry service had resumed yesterday afternoon with the exception of the Dockyard to St George’s ferry, which would remain suspended until the winds and sea subsided.

British Airways’ flights to and from London were each delayed by a couple of hours.

Those affected by Sunday’s cancellation due to the airport closing were rebooked on to yesterday’s flight.

Meanwhile, all West End residents are being advised to refrain from putting out their trash until Thursday as there was no collection at that end of the Island yesterday.

The Department of Waste Management and the Ministry of Public Works advised that trash collection would operate as normal for the West End as of Thursday.

East End trash collection has not been disrupted and will operate as normal today. Members of the public can also drop off their trash at the Tyne’s Bay facility, which is open until 6pm.

Digicel Bermuda restored all of its network services by 4.47pm yesterday, while for CellOne customers, only the Khyber Pass area of Warwick remained out of action by 7pm. Logic announced its core network remained online throughout the storm, although wireless customers in the west were without service yesterday afternoon.

A spokeswoman said 60 per cent of customers were without service and restoration efforts were under way.

BTC reported “minimal disruption” to its service with only isolated issues caused by damage to some overhead cables.

Care experts at the company’s St John’s call centre said they had received a few more calls than normal from customers, with the field engineer experts having scrambled together to identify and resolve issues promptly.

TBI’s technical operations centre continued its 24-hour service.

The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association postponed its information session regarding the formation of parent councils that had been scheduled for yesterday evening. The group’s chairman, Harry Matthie, said that another session would be organised as soon as possible.