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1. A 100–year flood has a 1 in 100 chance of happening, and so on.
2. In Louisiana, more than 80,000 homeowners could be eligible, based on properties being in the 100–year flood plain – an area that has a 1–in–100 chance of being flooded in any given year.
3. Army Corps of Engineers that the flood control system would stand up in a "100–year flood" –– that is, a flood so severe there is only a 1 percent chance of it happening in any given year.
4. AM VALLEY PARK, Mo. –– Residents of this Meramec River town are crossing their fingers in hopes hat the community‘s new earthen levee, built to withstand a 100–year flood, will pass its first big test.
5. FOLEY, Mo. –– For the second time in 15 years, Keith Aubuchon found himself packing his belongings and evacuating his home to escape a "100–year" flood of the Mississippi River.