What qualifies a flood to be labeled 100-year versus 1000-year events?

What qualifies a flood to be labeled 100-year versus 1000-year events?

[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) – Central Texas faced historic, catastrophic flooding this month, with some meteorologists calling these floods 1000-year rainfall events. What qualifies a flood to be labeled 100-year or 1000-year events? Flood Terminology This type of terminology is based on statistical probability. For example, a 100-year rainfall event doesn’t mean the next big storm…

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