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Hurricane Belle
was a Category 3
Atlantic
tropical cyclone
in August 1976. The storm, at one point, had winds around 120 miles per hour (190 kilometres per hour) before it moved northward up the East Coast of the
United States
.
The storm formed on August 6; it became Tropical Storm Belle on August 7. Later on August 7, it became a hurricane.
[1]
On August 9, Belle's winds peaked at 120 miles per hour (190 kilometres per hour).
Because of Hurricane Belle's proximity, hurricane watches were issued from
Georgia
to
Maine
.
The hurricane brushed the
North Carolina
coast with
gale
-force winds. Unlike most storms that threaten the
Northeastern United States
, Belle didn't accelerate as it came closer to land.
On the morning of August 10, Belle came ashore as a minimal hurricane near Jones Beach on
Long Island
,
New York
. Just after crossing the
Long Island Sound
, it came ashore as a strong tropical storm near
Bridgeport
and
New Haven, Connecticut
.
Belle took twelve lives when it struck the East Coast of the United States. Damage was $100 million.
- ↑
"Tropical Cyclones in 1976"
.
105
. The American Meteorological Society. 1977: 497.
doi
:
10.1175/1520-0493(1977)105<0497:AHSO>2.0.CO;2
.
ISSN
1520-0493
. Retrieved
Feb 1,
2018
.