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Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56-mile (90-km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, United States, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southwest. Three undeveloped barrier islands make up the seashore - North and South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks.
According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina would have a dominant vegetation type of Live oak/Sea Oats Uniola paniculata (90) with a dominant vegetation form of Coastal Prairie (20). [6] Rodanthe has one of the highest rates of beach erosion on the Outer Banks. [7]
According to the Trewartha climate classification system, Cape Lookout, North Carolina has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers, cool winters and year-around precipitation (Cfak). Cfak climates are characterized by all months having an average mean temperature > 32.0 °F (> 0.0 °C), at least eight months with an average mean ...
Aftermath of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes southeastern Turkey and Syria , killing eight people and injuring 600 others. The earthquake is also felt in Lebanon and Egypt .
Avon is located on the North Carolina Outer Banks at latitude 35°21'7" North, longitude 75°30'39" West. The village is south of Salvo and north of Buxton on Hatteras Island. The United States Postal Service has assigned Avon the ZIP Code 27915.
One home had 18 inches of sea water in it, officials say.
November 28, 2023 at 8:47 AM. NPS/A. Thompson photo. A spectacle is underway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and it’s playing out largely when tourists aren’t around to be awed.
The project cost $252 million and the new bridge was expected to open in February 2019. [17] A crew working on the bridge on July 27, 2017, severed a power cable and caused a widespread blackout on the Outer Banks islands. [18] 50,000 tourists had to be evacuated until power was restored August 3, 2017. [6]