classified as a UK territory rather than as an independent country, these statistics are difficult to verify. It has a subtropical climate. Bermuda makes up the eastern- and northern-most point of the so-called Bermuda Triangle, a region of sea in which, according to urban legend, a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared under supposedly unexplained or mysterious circumstances. The island is prone to severe weather, including powerful hurricanes. These have, at times, led to widespread power outages
