Victims of Hurricane Fabian

As Hurricane Fabian spun away from Bermuda, police identified the first casualty of the most powerful storm to hit the British territory in half a century. Three were still missing.

Police found the body of Stephen Symons, 37, the first confirmed casualty of Fabian, near the oil docks about a kilometre from where he was swept into the white-capped seas.

The police officer was washed into the water from the airport causeway on Friday afternoon. Two other officers and a civilian were still missing.

Flooding is widespread and many of Bermuda's famed golf courses are in ruins.

Power has been restored to 11,000 of the 25,000 homes that suffered outages but some homes could be without power for weeks.