With climate change, today’s ‘100-year floods’ may happen every three to 20 years, according to new research.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2012. Last August, Hurricane Irene spun through the Caribbean and parts of the eastern United States, leaving widespread wreckage in its wake. The Category 3 storm whipped up water levels, generating storm surges that swept over seawalls and flooded seaside and inland communities. Many hurricane analysts suggested, based on the wide extent of flooding, that…
