Just over 3,200 homes were without power last night as the first two overseas technicians arrived in Bermuda to join the electricity restoration operation.

The majority of CARILEC crews heading to the Island were hit by flight delays yesterday and so are expected to arrive today.

A spokeswoman for Belco said: “At 9pm 3,281 customers are without power, but the number is expected to reduce as crews finish jobs tonight.

“Areas of work that will be focused on today are: Zuill’s Park, Bride Hill, Knapton Hill, Lightbourne Lane, John Smith’s Bay, Jennings Land, Whitney Institute, St Johns Preschool, Tankfield, Places Point, Crestwood Crescent, Blucks Point, Turks Head Lane, Seabright Lane, Mill Reach Lane, Highwood Lane, Scarrington Hill, Salt Kettle, Tribe Road #3 and Harbour Rd, South Shore and Marley Beach.”

Yesterday morning almost 3,500 Belco customers woke up to find that they were still without power.

“We have heard that the community is concerned that we have reached out to the 1,500 customers who have not had electricity since Tropical Storm Fay,” said a Belco spokeswoman.

“We apologise if this has caused any concern. We are doing this only so that when we get down to smaller jobs — which all of the 1,500 were — we will be able to try to prioritise those who have been without power longest. We are not guaranteeing that this can be done.

“Damage and logistics may, indeed, make prioritisation impossible in some cases.

“We are reconciling the e-mails and phone calls that come in with the information in our system to ensure that the customers on the Fay 1500 list are truly customers who have been without power since the first storm.

“For customers with partial power, if lights are not going ‘bright and dim’ then there is no danger, but it is advisable to unplug sensitive electronics that could be damaged.

“If lights are going bright and dim, please report the situation.”