Tropical Storm Ernesto toppled trees and sparked an island-wide power outage when it skimmed Antigua on Tuesday morning.
But with the system set to reach hurricane strength as it barrels on to the northern Caribbean, local residents were thankful to emerge otherwise unscathed.
The country's Met Office confirmed that Ernesto's wind speeds reached just shy of 50 miles per hour while over the island, which also received an inch of rain.
Antigua's sister island, Barbuda, experienced showers and light winds.
Information Minister Melford Nicholas confirmed that the Met Office issued the all-clear at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon and public sector employees – who were ordered to stay home Monday – were expected back at work on Wednesday
VC Bird International Airport reopened for regular commercial flights at 3.00 p.m., Tuesday.
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