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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