Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods. Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a ...
After a heavy rain event and/or a significant tropical system, you often here the terms ‘100-year flood’ or ‘500 year-flood’ associated with significant flooding. But what does that mean? And do these ...
Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods. Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms ...
Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods. Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a ...