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Hurricane Belle was a strong tropical cyclone that caused moderate damage across the East Coast of the United States in August 1976. In late July, a tropical wave emerged off the west coast of Africa.
The 1976 Atlantic hurricane season was a fairly average Atlantic hurricane season in which 21 tropical or subtropical cyclones formed. 10 of them became nameable storms. Six of those reached hurricane strength, with two of the six becoming major hurricanes, which are Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson scale. The season officially ...
1976 - Hurricane Belle reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 957 hPa off the East Coast of the United States. Belle caused $100 million of damage across the Mid-Atlantic and New England states. 1988 - Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall over in southeastern Louisiana with winds of 85 km/h (50 mph). One person was killed and ...
August 9, 1976– Hurricane Belle passes just offshore, producing strong wind gusts and a moderate storm tide that left areas flooded. [31] [32] August 20, 1976 – Tropical Storm Dottie moves ashore along South Carolina, causing beach erosion and locally heavy rainfall in southern North Carolina. [6]
August 10, 1976 – Hurricane Belle's rather slow movement enabled weakening to set in as the storm approached Long Island, New York, and then moved into Connecticut and Massachusetts, before transversing the Vermont/New Hampshire border. Wind gusts up to 92 mph (148 km/h) at the National Weather Service office in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 60 ...
(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Disney characters are taking the world by storm -- or rather, by hurricane. Names like Elsa and Olaf, or Belle and Gaston, have been attributed to the violent ...
August 9, 1976 – Hurricane Belle parallels the east coast, prompting hurricane warnings for the coastline. The center of the storm passes to the east of the state, producing wind gusts of around 70 mph (110 km/h) at Ocean City. [22] Mid-September 1976 – Subtropical Storm Three becomes extratropical to the south of the state
Box of bones labeled "1928 Hurricane victims.Belle Glade" turn up in FAU lab prompting years-long search for answers.