100-year floods occur annually in coastal areas around the world.
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A new study predicts that rising sea levels will lead to an increase in 100-year floods, which could hit some coastal communities once every eight to 15 years on average. The study is published in the journal Earthβs Future. Severe coastal flooding might seem like a rare occurrence now, but according to a new study, it won’t stay that way for long. Rising sea levels could see coastal communities hit by once-in-a-century level flooding on a yearly basis. What the heck are these people going to do if this turns out to be the case? A flood is something of a misnomer; they can affect the same area multiple times in a century, or even not at all. However,
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