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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When forecasters warn about a 100-year or 500-year flood, it doesn’t mean it only happens once every century. A 100-year flood has a 1% chance of happening in any given year.

With the frequency of catastrophic flooding, one civil engineer says we need to change the definition of “100-year floods,” and he says local and state government policies can play a role in ...

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW ... she will still be voting no on the zone change since there is a FEMA 100-year flood zone on the rear of the property. While Reda said the flood plain ...

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 ...

When flooding is severe, you'll sometimes hear the phrase "100-year flood" used to describe the destruction. That can be a misleading term, say experts, because it doesn't mean that level of ...

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 ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, one statistic scientists use is the percentage chance that a flood of a specific magnitude will happen. A 500-year flood means such an event has a 1 in 500 ...