Table of Contents Pew-Led Network Helps States Plan for Rising Costs and Impacts of Flooding Volunteers and staff from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service started planting a five-acre stormwater wetland at the Houston Botanic Garden in August. The wetland will collect run-off rainwater from impervious surfaces, such as the parking area at the garden, to help manage flood waters. Texas A&M AgriLife Long after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, state governments will continue to face monumental challenges, including what promises to be a sustained future with increased climate-related disaster risks. This grim reality, long forecast by climate scientists, has been made clear yet again in 2020, a record year for wildfires and hurricanes. And this problem is growing at a time when states are already grappling with budget shortfalls that are unlikely to ease soon.