100px|Hurricane Danny at peak intensity

Hurricane Danny was the only hurricane to make landfall in the United States during the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season. The system reached tropical storm strength on July 17. Danny had a non-tropical origin, after a trough spawned convection that entered the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It had an extended northeast track through the Gulf of Mexico, caused by two high pressure systems. The storm moved across the southeastern United States, after making landfall in the Gulf Coast, and affected parts of Massachusetts with rain and wind. Danny is noted for the extreme rainfall, tornadoes, and damage it produced on its path, causing four direct fatalities and $100 million (1997 USD, $137 million 2011 USD) in damage. The storm dropped a record amount of rainfall for Alabama, as at least 36.71 inches (932 mm) fell on Dauphin Island. Flooding, power outages, and erosion occurred in many areas of the Gulf Coast, and rescues from flooded roads had to be performed. Various tornadoes on the East Coast caused a great amount of damage. Danny caused one death off the coast of Alabama, four deaths in Georgia, two deaths in South Carolina, and two deaths in North Carolina. (more...)

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