The devastating storm recovery problem hiding in plain sight | By Yuliya Panfil and Tim Robustelli for CNNOpinion
Yuliya Panfil is a senior fellow and director of New America's Future of Property Rights program. Previously, she worked at Omidyar Network, USAID and as a journalist. Tim Robustelli is a Program Associate with the Future of Property Rights program. The views expressed here are theirs. Read more opinion on CNN.
Yuliya Panfil Tim Robustelli2019 is already a devastating year for tornado deaths. Thirty-one people have so far been killed by tornadoes, compared to 10 in all of 2018 and 35 in 2017. Both Texas and Oklahoma have already seen fatalities. In Oklahoma, following Monday's severe weather, flood rescues are underway; the National Weather Service urged residents in the Tulsa area to move to higher ground.
1 year after Maria: A pain-staking recovery 01:47"We started getting a lot of denials, for many reasons, but the one that stood out to us was 'ownership not verified,'" Martínez Román recalls, referring to the denial classification given by FEMA for applicants who cannot prove they own their homes."I'm talking about thousands and thousands and thousands of denials.
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