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Thu 01 Jan 2009Facing down the rising rivers
Predicting the future is notoriously difficult, but if the latest climate change projections are accurate, Ireland faces a greatly increased risk of flooding and damaging storms, writes Dick Ahlstrom
THE ANNUAL RATES of flooding along the Suir, Blackwater and other rivers are expected to double in the coming decade, and we can expect more storms similar to the hugely damaging Hurricane Charley, according to climate modelling data.
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