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Hurricane Danny was the only hurricane to make landfall in the United States during the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season. Danny is most noted for its extreme rainfall it produced on its path, causing four direct fatalities and $100 million (1997 USD, $120 million 2005 USD) in damage. Danny brought about the end of a busy early start of the season, and became the earliest 5th tropical or subtropical storm of a season when it reached tropical storm strength on July 17. This record was broken in 2005 when Tropical Storm Emily attained tropical storm status on July 12. Another unusual fact of Danny was its extended northeast track through the Gulf of Mexico, a rare occurrence in the middle of July due to two high pressure systems.

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