Weathering the Storm: Mayors of Houston, Miami and Columbia

Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 8:01 a.m.

b'2017 brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars in damages, including hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. And those are just the ones with names \\u2013 other areas of the country were hit by floods, fires and drought. How do we fight back? The mayors of three cities on the frontline of climate change \\u2013 Houston, Miami, and Columbia, South Carolina - discuss what their cities are doing to recover, rebuild and prepare for the next mega storm.\\n\\nSteve Benjamin, Mayor, Columbia, South Carolina\\nFrancis Suarez, Mayor, Miami, Florida\\nSylvester Turner, Mayor, Houston, Texas\\n\\nThis program was recorded at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'