Hurricane Igor headed across the Atlantic on Saturday with 110-mph/175-kph winds and heavy rains that threatened to batter Bermuda. Igor, located about 475 miles/765 km south of Bermuda at 7 a.m./1200 GMT, was just shy of becoming a Category 3 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. "Igor is expected to remain a dangerous hurricane as it approaches Bermuda," Reuters quoted the Miami-based US National Hurricane Center as saying. While the center of the storm was not expected to reach the island until late Sunday, officials warned that adverse weather conditions will occur Saturday evening. Bermuda residents stocked up on supplies and secured their homes. The rocky island, a tiny British overseas territory that is a hub for the global insurance industry, is one of the world's most isolated yet densely populated islands. The Bermuda government warned residents to prepare for a similar impact from Igor as the island experienced from the 2003 Hurricane Fabian, which killed four people and caused millions of dollars of damage. The Bermuda Weather Service has said the island could see 37 hours of powerful winds starting Sunday as Igor passes as close as 17 miles/(28 km) to the east.
