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Topsail Island (/ ˈtɑːpsɪl /, TOP-sill) is a 26-mile (41.8 km) long barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, roughly equidistant between the barrier islands of the Crystal Coast and the beaches of the Cape Fear region, lying south of Jacksonville, North Carolina and Camp Lejeune. The northeastern edge of the island is the New River ...
She also said North Carolina's minimal pressure for a fire flow system is 20 PSI. "The impression of low pressure is relative," she explained. "If you are used to 75 PSI, 40 PSI is low.
FIPS code. 37-68040 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2406743 [2] Website. www.topsailbeach.org. Topsail Beach is a town in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 383 at the 2012 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Other strong wind gusts included 122 mph (196 km/h) at Topsail Beach, and 120 mph (190 km/h) at the Wilmington Emergency Operations Center. [1] The National Weather Service issued 20 tornado warnings for the state. [3] Floyd spawned at least 16 tornadoes across eastern North Carolina. Ten of these occurred in the Wilmington area.
September 13, 2024 at 5:02 AM. The push to protect a popular tract of undeveloped land on the southern tip of Topsail Island recently passed a major hurdle thanks to the N.C. Division of Coastal ...
October 26–30, 2012 – Hurricane Sandy passed by the state, dropping heavy rains and making storm surge. July 3–4, 2014 – Hurricane Arthur hits eastern North Carolina, in particular the Outer Banks, with 100 mph (160 km/h). May 7, 2015 – Tropical Storm Ana produced heavy rainfall and indirectly caused a fatality.
Topsail Island has been named North Carolina's best beach of 2021 in N.C. Tripping's first ever "Best of North Carolina" contest. NC Tripping is a travel blog website that was started by Carl ...
In North Topsail Beach and Carteret County alone, the hurricane damages or destroys 6,688 structures, while further inland, heavy rainfall causes river flooding. Across the state damage amounts to about $2.55 billion (1996 USD, $3.35 billion 2007 USD), becoming, at the time, the state's worst natural economic disaster.