1976 Atlantic hurricane season
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The 1976 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially started June 1, 1976, and lasted until November 30, 1976.
Although several storms made landfall in 1976, they caused little reported damage. Hurricane Emmy caused 68 indirect deaths when a Venezuelan Air Force plane carrying a school choir crashed on a landing attempt at Lajes Air Force Base in the Azores during the storm.
1976 Hurricane names
The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1976.
- Anna
- Belle
- Candice
- Dottie
- Emmy
- Frances
- Gloria
- Holly
- Inga (unused)
- Jill (unused)
- Kay (unused)
- Lilias (unused)
- Nola (unused)
- Orpha (unused)
- Pamela (unused)
- Ruth (unused)
- Shirley (unused)
- Trixie (unused)
- Vilda (unused)
- Wynne (unused)
See also
External link
- Detailed information on all storms from 1976 (ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/storm_archives/atlantic/prelimat/atl1976/)