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CBS "climate specialist": It's critical the Earth not warm 1.5 degrees Celsius

CBS anchor: Why?

Climate specialist: Well b/c that's the number "we chose"

"The probability of a 100-year flood event is now so rare it has only been occurring once every 358 years on average since 1970." ... 

"In present-day conditions, 100-year flood events have globally become so rare that they now (since 1970) only occur once every 358 years on average. And 50-year floods only occur once every 152 years on average.

With the cooler climate conditions of the 1970s, there was a 45% probability that a 50-year flood would occur. In today’s conditions, however, there is only an 18% chance that a 50-year flood will occur."