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Double flood trouble for Europe in the next 40 years
2014-03-02 19:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Europe's politicians should bulk-buy waterproof boots. By 2050 extreme floods will swamp Europe twice as often as they do now, and the annual costs of flood damage could increase fivefold. A new analysis of peak river flows provides some of the best evidence yet that climate change will make floods worse. However, other factors such as building in flood zones have a bigger effect on costs, because more buildings are in harm's way. Unlike earlier studies, this study incorporates patterns of...
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