NEWS COVERAGE … TENDS TO BE FOCUSED ON THE NEGATIVE

statistical link between anthropogenic climate change and trends in the magnitude/ frequency of floods has not been established.

Results from studies of a range of regions did not show a flood signal related to anthropogenic climate change. …

There are several factors that may explain a perceived increase in flood risk: improved and expanded reporting

In the United States and Canada during the 20th century and in the early 21st century, there is no compelling evidence for climatedriven changes in the magnitude/frequency of floods.

The linkages between enhanced greenhouse forcing and flood phenomena are highly complex and, up to the present, it has not been possible to describe the connections well, either by empirical