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Concern flood maps don't account for the real risk of climate change

Author
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Published
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Episode Link
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/australia-wide/australia-wide/105407248

The government body that collates data about flooding is the Australian Rainfall and Runoff and recently they updated their guides to account for climate change. The organisation finds what was previously thought of as a worst-case scenario, 20 per cent rain increase annually by the end of the century,  is now a best-case scenario.

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