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Durham vs Sunset Beach, NC

Durham currently scores 1 points higher overall than Sunset Beach, with the largest gap in hail.

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Durham

43/100

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Sunset Beach

42/100

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Hazard breakdown

Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality is a current EPA AirNow signal; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.

Overall

Durham: 43/100 · Sunset Beach: 42/100

Durham is 1 points higher.

Flood

Durham: 36/100 · Sunset Beach: 36/100

No gap.

Durham: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.

Sunset Beach: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.

Wind

Durham: 22/100 · Sunset Beach: 54/100

Sunset Beach is 32 points higher.

Durham: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Sunset Beach: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.

Lightning

Durham: 56/100 · Sunset Beach: 54/100

Durham is 2 points higher.

Durham: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Sunset Beach: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.

Tornado

Durham: 23/100 · Sunset Beach: 0/100

Durham is 23 points higher.

Durham: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sunset Beach: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Hail

Durham: 70/100 · Sunset Beach: 17/100

Durham is 53 points higher.

Durham: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Sunset Beach: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.

Storm surge

Durham: Unavailable · Sunset Beach: 99/100

A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.

Durham: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.

Sunset Beach: Storm surge exposure derived from NOAA SLOSH MOM (AGL) data.

Wildfire

Durham: 64/100 · Sunset Beach: 14/100

Durham is 50 points higher.

Durham: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Sunset Beach: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.

Current air quality

Durham: 30/100 · Sunset Beach: 19/100

Durham is 11 points higher.

Durham: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.

Sunset Beach: Air quality signal derived from the latest EPA AirNow combined AQI grid.