Phrases with «year flood»

A "year flood" refers to a flood that is expected to happen only once within a specific year. It means that the level of rainfall or water is so high that it is statistically predicted to occur once in every year. Full definition

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Sentences with «year flood»

  • One of the things they do is look at areas that are in a 100 - year flood zone and setting the risk appropriate to the amount of floods they would expect. (vox.com)
  • The probability does not change if there are two 500 year floods in 10 years. (judithcurry.com)
  • The problem with the 500 year flood plane concept is that the basis for that determination is based on estimates made by scientists concerning historical flood data. (judithcurry.com)
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