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Wellington’s seaside flooding outpaces global average – Expert Reaction In around a century, Wellington's 1-in-100 year coastal floods have become roughly a twice-per-year occurrence, a new study shows. The researchers analysed tide gauge records from 130 sites worldwide, looking at the change…

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Wellington’s seaside flooding outpaces global average – Expert Reaction In around a century, Wellington's 1-in-100 year coastal floods have become roughly a twice-per-year occurrence, a new study shows. The researchers analysed tide gauge records from 130 sites worldwide, looking at the change from 1900 to 2005. Around the rest of the world, 1-in-100 year floods had a median increase to a 1-in-8 year event over this time. It comes as Wellington recovers from a state of emergency after https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2026/06/11/wellingtons-seaside-flooding-outpaces-global-average-expert-reaction/