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# News21 State Of Emergency Doc: Trapped In Recovery
- URL: https://www.investigatemidwest.org/news21-state-of-emergency-doc-trapped-in-recovery/
- Published: 2019-09-05T00:28:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T02:23:26.000Z
- Description: Hurricane survivors say deciding to leave when a storm hits is easy compared to the aftermath — dealing with wind and flood damage, and psychological trauma that lasts for weeks, months, even lifetimes. Episode one of News21’s four-part documentary series “State of Emergency.”
- Author: Carly Henry, director/News21
- Tags: Documentaries, iowawatch, FEMA, Hurricane Dorian, Hurricane Katrina, News21, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-06-18 04:56

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*Episode 1: Trapped in Recovery*

Hurricane survivors say deciding to leave when a storm hits is easy compared to the aftermath — dealing with wind and flood damage, and psychological trauma that lasts for weeks, months, even lifetimes. This is episode one of News21’s four-part documentary series “State of Emergency.”

*Directed by Carly Henry*  

[State of Emergency, Episode 1: Trapped in Recovery](https://vimeo.com/353419550?ref=investigatemidwest.org) from [News21](https://vimeo.com/news21?ref=investigatemidwest.org) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/?ref=investigatemidwest.org).

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*About this project:* 
*This report is part of* [*State of Emergency, a project*](https://stateofemergency.news21.com/?ref=investigatemidwest.org) *produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 initiative, a national investigative reporting project by top college journalism students and recent graduates from across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.*