Once-in-a-century floods set to become annual events in northeastern US in the next 75 years, study finds

Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 02, 2021 in New York City. .

Extreme flooding events caused by hurricanes that used to happen once every 100 years in the northeastern U.S. may become annual occurrences by the end of this century, according to a new study.

Researchers wanted to predict how the changing behavior of hurricanes — they are expected to become more frequent and more intense — and sea level rise as a result of climate change will alter the risks of flooding in the region over the next several decades.