Reuters UK tells us today that, according to a new report, climate change did not cause the devastating floods that hit northern England last August. They were an exceptional event that statistically might occur every 100 to 200 years and not part of any discernible trend, said Terry Marsh and Jamie Hannaford of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

“Long historical flood records show no compelling long term increase in flood magnitude,” Terry Marsh added.

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