Event Rebroadcast: A Tale of Two Floods

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Event Rebroadcast: A Tale of Two Floods
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The devastating floods from Hurricane Harvey have left thousands of Texas residents homeless. As the recovery begins, we’re rebroadcasting a recent conversation at Pew between Joseph Riley, the former mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, who’s now a Pew distinguished fellow, and Jim Brainard, six-term mayor of Carmel, Indiana, in which they discussed their cities’ experiences after major storms. To learn more about the financial toll of flooding, listen to our two-part series.

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