Climate change and rising sea levels could cause similar floods along the West Coast each year without El Niño by the 2030s, NASA warns.
  • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    A 100 year flood just means a 1% chance, or, in the 99th percentile of intensity.

    Say we had a coin toss, that’s the 2-year storm. You could easily get 2 or three of those in a row.

    But you’re correct that the climate is changing, and in many cases the statistics are not applicable to the current climate.