What is Hurricane Belle?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Belle | Type=hurricane | Year=1976 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Hurricane Belle.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Belle near peak intensity on August&nbsp;8 | Formed=August 6, 1976 | Dissipated=August 15, 1976 | Extratropical=August 10 | 1-min winds=105 | Pressure=957 | Damages=100 | Fatalities=12 total | Areas=[[North Carolina]], [[Mid-Atlantic states]], [[New England]], and [[Atlantic Canada]] | Hurricane season=[[1976 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} '''Hurricane Belle''' was a Category 3 [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] [[tropical cyclone]] in August 1976. The storm, at one point, had winds around {{convert|120|mph|abbr=off}} 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.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Tropical Cyclones in 1976|year=1977 |volume=105 |page=497 |publisher=The American Meteorological Society|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1977)105<0497:AHSO>2.0.CO;2 |issn=1520-0493 |url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0493%281977%29105%3C0497%3AAHSO%3E2.0.CO%3B2|access-date=Feb 1, 2018}}</ref> On August 9, Belle's winds peaked at {{convert|120|mph|abbr=off}}. Because of Hurricane Belle's proximity, hurricane watches were issued from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|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, Connecticut|Bridgeport]] and [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. Belle took twelve lives when it struck the East Coast of the United States. Damage was $100 million. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Belle}} [[Category:Category 3 Atlantic hurricane