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Aug 9, 1976:
Hurricane Belle strikes Eastern Seaboard
Hurricane Belle turns toward the United States from the Bahamas
on this day in 1976. By the time Belle had run its course, the
storm had killed 12 people and caused $24 million in damages from
North Carolina to Vermont.
Hurricane Belle was a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson
scale as it approached the North American mainland, with winds
reaching 111 miles per hour. It seemed headed for a direct hit on
the Outer Banks of North Carolina, but skirted the region as it
weakened to a Category 2. Still, even this glancing blow caused
severe flooding and erosion in the resort communities on the
Outer Banks.
Belle then moved northeast along the coastline. In Atlantic City,
New Jersey, the world-famous boardwalk suffered $1 million in
damages. Hundreds of thousands of people lost electrical power in
New Jersey. As Belle weakened to a tropical storm on August 10,
it hit Long Island. Again, hundreds of thousands lost power and
one man was killed by a falling tree. The region was later
declared a federal disaster area. The following day, Belle struck
Connecticut, wiping out a large apple harvest.
The storm then moved north to Vermont. There, torrential rains
caused by Belle caused flash flooding and the deaths of two more
people.
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