you'll see that later this half hour. hurricane gonzalo has regained strength as it roars toward bermuda. a category 4 hurricane is packing winds of 145 miles an hour. by later today it's likely to unleash its worst damage on the island. gio benitez is in the capital of hamilton. >> reporter: this could be the strongest storm to hit bermuda in a decade. glimpses of nature's wrath as the winds pick up here. the storm already killing one in st. maarten earlier this week. >> bermuda is still trying to recover from tropical storm fay which came through here days ago. remember, that was just a tropical storm. it tore out massive trees and just look at that concrete. the thomas family saw what fay did, too. and they are taking no chances. calling the airline and rushing to the airport which is already being boarded up. finally landing a few tickets. >> seats were literally disappearing as we were on the phone. >> reporter: the strongest storm to hit bermuda was in 2003.