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Gusts of 67 mph, which are the intensity of a strong tropical storm, were observed on a fishing pier at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on Monday morning. Tropical-storm-force winds range from ...
Wrightsville Beach is a town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. Wrightsville Beach is just east of Wilmington and is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,477 at the 2010 census. The town consists of a 4-mile (6 km) long beach island, an interior island called Harbor Island, and pockets of ...
On April 5, 1928, a year-round Wrightsville Beach resident was the first to spot the whale on the shore while on a morning walk. The whale weighed about 50 tons. It didn't take long for word-of ...
September 7–17, 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 on Friday. Several people were rescued offshore due to rip currents affecting the area.
While few of these tornadoes resulted in significant impact, two longer-lived, EF2 strength tornadoes in North Carolina caused at least $2 million in property damage in Sunset Beach and Emerald Isle. Heavy rainfall led to flash flooding , putting more than 100 sq mi (260 km 2 ) of land under more than 1 ft (0.30 m) of water.
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The island, which is undeveloped and accessible only by boat, is a component of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve and a North Carolina State Natural Area. [1] [2] It lies south of Wrightsville Beach, separated by Masonboro Inlet, and north of Carolina Beach, separated by Carolina Beach Inlet.