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Danielle becomes second hurricane of season

24 August 2010

The system over the open waters of the Atlantic has strengthened to become Hurricane Danielle – the second hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season, reports the RMS Catastrophe Centre.

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Less than 24 hours after developing into a tropical storm, the system over the open waters of the Atlantic (around 1,200 miles (1,930 km) east of the Lesser Antilles) has strengthened to become Hurricane Danielle – the second hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season, reports the RMS Catastrophe Centre.

At 21:00 UTC Monday, 23 August the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) issued its first advisory on Hurricane Danielle. According to the NHC in its latest advisory update at 03:00 UTC on Tuesday, 24 August the center of Hurricane Danielle was located close to 16.6°N 43.2°W. The NHC report that at this time Danielle had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/hr) - the equivalent...


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