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<p>Scientology Volunteer Ministers international headquarters calls for hundreds of volunteers to join Hurricane Harvey disaster response. First teams are assembled and deployed.</p>
<p>When <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-science-storm-surge-rainfall-spd/">Hurricane Harvey</a> hit land in Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, August 25, 130 miles-per-hour winds felled trees and blew roofs off homes and businesses. The storm has left some 300,000 residents without power and flooded or damaged tens of thousands of homes. The President has signed a federal disaster declaration.</p>

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<p>The <a href="https://www.fema.gov/hurricane-harvey">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a>&nbsp;has prepared thousands of gallons of drinking water, sandbags and other emergency supplies. Those evacuated from coastal towns headed inland toward Austin and Dallas where shelters are set up.</p>



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