Hurricane Danielle was the third named storm, second hurricane, and fourth most intense storm of the active 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, and was a long-tracking Cape Verde-type hurricane across the Atlantic Ocean that originated off the African coastline on August 21, reaching its peak intensity of 105 mph (170 km/h) four times periodically in its track across the Atlantic. Following just days behind Hurricane Bonnie, Danielle remained offshor...
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Hurricane Danielle was the third named storm, second hurricane, and fourth most intense storm of the active 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, and was a long-tracking Cape Verde-type hurricane across the Atlantic Ocean that originated off the African coastline on August 21, reaching its peak intensity of 105 mph (170 km/h) four times periodically in its track across the Atlantic. Following just days behind Hurricane Bonnie, Danielle remained offshore, although it came close to the continental United States. Although it did not make landfall or have significant impact on land as a hurricane, Danielle had a serious impact on the British Isles as an extratropical cyclone on September 6, where it caused significant erosion and high seas shortly before merging with another extratropical low near Ireland, resulting in the rescue of several people from difficult sea conditions and the evacuation of coastal beach areas in some places, including Cornwall. Fortunately, little damage was associated...
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