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<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/27/desperate-help-flood-victims-houston-turn-twitter-rescue/606035001/" class=" " >turning to Twitter to call for help</a>
. </p><p dir="ltr">But as Houston gets flooded with up to 50 inches of rainfall, turning highways into rivers and homes into pools, stories of heroism are coming from all over, showing that in moments of crisis, people can act with great courage and generosity.</p><p dir="ltr">Here are 14 heroic moments from the natural disaster</p><p dir="ltr"><span class="filer_image_wrapper "><span class="filer_image_wrapper__inner"><img class="filer_image" alt="Hurricane-Harvey.jpg" src="https://media.globalcitizen.org/thumbnails/37/c0/37c06724-0985-433c-8f29-8c93350c933e/hurricane-harvey.jpg__1200x800_q85_crop_subject_location-600%2C400_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg" title="People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston, after Tropical Storm Harvey dumped heavy rains, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017." /><span class="filer_image_info"><span class="title">People push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston, after Tropical Storm Harvey dumped heavy rains, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017.</span><br><span class='author'>Image: Charlie Riedel/AP</span></span></span></span></p><p><a id="tDgwEl-ZSpNq2FQvIfjmig" target="_blank" class="gie-single" href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/839971182" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty Images</a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'tDgwEl-ZSpNq2FQvIfjmig',sig:'ceNf3bU0J_QsYi0HUHGWMPGy_Tpa4l_xyoVoGSUF4gg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'839971182',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});</script><script async charset="utf-8" src="//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p><strong>A man helps children across a flooded street as they evacuate their home after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27 in Houston, Texas.</strong></p><p><a id="CK81ZjrkTR98fSRggW7tFg" target="_blank" class="gie-single" 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Images</a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rQHLEUMQTPRaw9uktpX_fw',sig:'gkV9vGtPDdqSST9IBUEmyc9_8TERuffUuQCUV10dewI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'839556172',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});</script><script async charset="utf-8" src="//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p><strong>Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham tells her she will help her out of the window after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the apartment on August 26 in Rockport, Texas.</strong></p><p><a id="yh_ASkMdT4VqWSTTpcQ-mg" target="_blank" class="gie-single" href="http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/839916728" style="color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;">Embed from Getty 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Houston <a href="https://t.co/oucn7luiKQ">https://t.co/oucn7luiKQ</a><a href="https://t.co/s6lJBG9xLj">pic.twitter.com/s6lJBG9xLj</a><br><br>
— Ruptly (Ruptly) August 28, 2017</p>
— Ivan (@Ivan226622) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ivan226622/status/902094232332234752">August 28, 2017</a></blockquote><script async charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p></p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This man is a true hero. 👍🙏❤️✊🏾 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Houston?src=hash">#Houston</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrayForHouston?src=hash">#PrayForHouston</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrayForTexas?src=hash">#PrayForTexas</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a><a href="https://t.co/y1qyO9htqX">pic.twitter.com/y1qyO9htqX</a></p>
— OfficialWilly2.0 (@therealwill17) <a href="https://twitter.com/therealwill17/status/901945624035282945">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p></p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chief T and I in water with <a href="https://twitter.com/HCSOTexas">@HCSOTexas</a> team assisting with rescue. He'd been stuck in 8' water since 2am. He was relieved. <a href="https://t.co/eQ7pAMrCJx">pic.twitter.com/eQ7pAMrCJx</a></p>
— Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SheriffEd_HCSO/status/901878671748849668">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p></p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A rescue worker carries two dogs to safety after evacuating their family from floodwaters in Houston, Texas. <a href="https://t.co/dhoi5P7Ukq">pic.twitter.com/dhoi5P7Ukq</a></p>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/901913978976165888">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p></p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rescue crews carry children to safety, including one in a wheelchair, amid catastrophic flooding in Houston, TX <a href="https://t.co/JZvofyG0Np">https://t.co/JZvofyG0Np</a><a href="https://t.co/HGwdC0PgTb">pic.twitter.com/HGwdC0PgTb</a></p>
— ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/901838274028822528">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p></p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Y'all, my mom is just boating around Houston picking people up like it ain't no thang. This woman right here is my hero. <a href="https://t.co/FDUqUj8c5a">pic.twitter.com/FDUqUj8c5a</a></p>
— Abby Fogarty (@Rock_Hard_Abbbs) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rock_Hard_Abbbs/status/901939759341338634">August 27, 2017</a></blockquote><script async charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><div class="tags__container"><span class="topic__container">Topics</span><span class="tag__container"><a href='/en/content/tags/climate-change/'>Climate change</a><a href='/en/content/tags/citizenship/'>Citizenship</a><a href='/en/content/tags/weather/'>Weather</a><a href='/en/content/tags/current-events_1/'>Current events</a><a href='/en/content/tags/rainfall/'>Rainfall</a><a href='/en/content/tags/flooding/'>Flooding</a><a href='/en/content/tags/hero/'>Hero</a><a href='/en/content/tags/hurricane-harvey/'>Hurricane Harvey</a><a href='/en/content/tags/hurricane_1/'>Hurricane</a><a href='/en/content/tags/natural-disaster_2/'>Natural disaster</a><a href='/en/content/tags/rain/'>Rain</a><a href='/en/content/tags/heroism/'>Heroism</a></span></div><section class="article-page-comments"><header class="row-flex row-flex--wrap"><div class="col-half col-half--comments row-flex"><a href="#" class="comments-toggle">Comments <i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></a></div><!-- end col --><div class="col-half col-half--social row-flex"><ul class="article-share-icons round horizontal row-flex row-flex--justify-right bottom-icons"><li class="article-share-icons--like"><div class="content-like" id='content-like-12801-bottom'></div><script type="text/javascript">
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