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Topsail Island (/ ˈ t ɑː p s ɪ l /, 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.
September 14, 2018 – Hurricane Florence made landfall less than a mile south of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina with winds of 90 mph (145 km/h). The hurricane was first declared a threat to the state. Several people were rescued offshore due to rip currents affecting the area.
North Topsail Beach is a town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 1,005. [4] It is located on Topsail Island.
Dune sediments were lost during the storm, exposing boardwalk piling. Similarly, on Topsail Beach, North Carolina, the storm breached 27 sand dunes, destroying 60% of the dune line. [53] Sediment from storm washover measured 50 cm (20 in) thick behind the beach. Sections of many eroded dunes were re-built using truck loads of sand.
Topsail Beach is a town in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 383 at the 2012 census. The population was 383 at the 2012 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The erosion has created steep drop-offs, some of them 10 feet high, from the dunes to the beach. At high tide, the ocean has covered the bottom of stairways leading to the shore, blocking access ...
Faced with an eroding beach, Oak Island wants to pump fresh sand onto its oceanfront. But finding it might mean going a long way offshore. Why Oak Island is looking 18 miles off its coast for sand ...
Moving around the western periphery of the subtropical ridge, Bertha passed north of the Bahamas as a weakening hurricane before turning towards the north-northeast and undergoing another period of rapid intensification. Late on July 12, Bertha made landfall between Wrightsville Beach and Topsail Beach, North Carolina with winds of 105 mph (169 ...