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Brad Schneider: “So saying that the 500-year flood is now at the level of the 100-year flood, it means that a flood that had a .2 percent…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2019
So saying that the 500-year flood is now at the level of the 100-year flood, it means that a flood that had a .2 percent probability of occurring in any given year is now five times more likely to occur.
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Brad Schneider
Democratic · Illinois

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Explaining the increased likelihood of flooding due to changing floodplain definitions.

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