Contributor USGS
“We Had a ‘100-Year Flood’ Two Years in a Row! How Can That Be?” explains that the term “100-year flood” is used to describe the recurrence interval or frequency of floods, and that statistically, each year begins with the same one-percent chance that a 100-year event will occur.
“We Had a ‘100-Year Flood’ Two Years in a Row! How Can That Be?” explains that the term “100-year flood” is used to describe the recurrence interval or frequency of floods, and that statistically, each year begins with the same one-percent chance that a 100-year event will occur.
Contributor USGS
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