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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently answered some frequently asked questions in a press release: Q: What does a “100-year flood” mean? A: The term “100-year flood” is often used as an ...

GRAFTON, N.D. – The Grafton Flood Risk Reduction Project, a project to divert the Park River and stop overland flooding, has officially removed Grafton from the 100-year floodplain. On Jan. 19 ...

La Crosse’s record daily rainfall on Saturday highlights a problem that is no longer a once in a hundred-year phenomenon. Flood mitigation is an old conversation. Just step into the La Crosse ...

Below you’ll find what's expected to be inundated in a 100-year flood, which has a 1-percent chance of occurring in a year, and a 500-year flood, which has a 0.2 percent chance of occurring in a ...

A: The term “100-year flood” is often used as an attempt to simplify the definition of a flood that statistically has a 1-percent chance of occurring in any given year. Likewise, the ...