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Stat: $850 billion: The damage caused by flood-related disasters in the U.S. since 2000.

Story: Floods are the costliest natural disasters in the United States, but there are ways to prepare for the storms ahead. In this episode of our \u201cStates of Innovation\u201d season, we hear from Laura Lightbody, who directs Pew\u2019s work to better prepare communities for floods, about how states such as Texas and South Carolina are reducing their risks through innovative solutions. We also speak with South Carolina state Representative G. Murrell Smith Jr. and the Coastal Conservation League\u2019s Laura Cantral about the state\u2019s newly founded Office of Resilience and efforts to minimize the effect of flooding on taxpayers, communities, and the environment.