Sometimes you'll hear the phrase "100-year flood." Here's how meteorologists define that term and how to see if you live in a flood plain.

A "100-year flood" means a 1% chance of that level of flooding happening ... Checking FEMA flood maps and assessing home insurance coverage regularly. Preparing emergency kits and evacuation ...

A 100-year flood has a 1% chance of happening in any given year. A 500-year flood? Just a 0.2% chance. But that doesn’t mean ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100 ... flood of a specific magnitude will happen. A 500-year flood means such an event has a 1 ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100 ... flood of a specific magnitude will happen. A 500-year flood means such an event has a 1 ...

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash rains so unusual they are described as 100 ... flood of a specific magnitude will happen. A 500-year flood means such an event has a 1 ...