a. What is the reason for the occurrence of more extreme droughts and floods and how does it result in  extreme events?

b. Calculate the risk (expected loss) if there is a 1 % chance of flooding causing R500 million  worth of damage in an urban residential area.

c. Suggest at least five measures engineers can introduce to mitigate and/or adapt to  flooding (state whether each one of your suggestions is a mitigating or adaptation  measure). Discuss each one.

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