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by martinkrivosija 639 days ago
"once in a century" doesn't mean literally once a century, but rather a percentage probability over time. Having a couple in quick succession is actually not that strange.
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It is not? Well, seems like the percentage probability is up when it happens more often.

Look at this table for example: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Hochwasser-Ereigniss...

Seems like people either started documenting more or there are more floods now.