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100 Year Floods?
Do so-called ‘100 year floods’ only happen once a century? Ruth Alexander and Wesley Stephenson investigate.
Also, does the air in Beijing cause as much damage as smoking 40 cigarettes a day?
(Image: Flooding in Paris in 1910. Credit: Getty)
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