Numerous houses and buildings were swept away in the cities of Belle Glade , Canal Point , Chosen , Pahokee , and South Bay , Florida .

As `` London '' engaged Hostile_encounter `` Marengo '' , the French frigate `` Belle Poule '' attempted to escape Escaping from the approaching squadron independently , but was also run Motion down and brought Bringing to battle Hostile_encounter by the British frigate HMS `` Amazon '' .

Hurricane Catastrophe Belle was a strong tropical cyclone that caused Causation moderate damage Damaging across the East Coast of the United States in August 1976 .

Formation of an eye accompanied quick intensification and Belle reached Arriving its peak the following day with winds of 120 mph ( 195 km/h ) .

Early on August 10 , Belle made Manufacturing landfall Damaging on Long Island , New York , as a minimal hurricane Catastrophe crossing Motion_directional Long Island Sound and hitting Attack the central coast of Connecticut as strong tropical storm Catastrophe .

Thereafter , Belle transitioned Change into an extratropical cyclone over New England before moving Motion over Atlantic Canada .

Overall , impacts Influence from Belle were less than expected and mainly attributed Causation to flooding Motion across New England .