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            <h1 class="article-header__title">11 stories of hope and resilience in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. </h1>

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                <div data-react-class="ArticleBodyContent" data-react-props="{&quot;content&quot;:&quot;\u003Ch2\u003ENatural disasters bring out the worst of Mother Nature but the best of humanity. \u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHurricane Harvey is no exception. \u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe massive storm made landfall in Texas on Aug. 25, inundating the Houston metro area with record-breaking floodwaters and high winds. To avoid chaos on the highways, there was \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/houston-officials-defend-not-ordering-hurricane-harvey-evacuation-n796561\&quot; target=\&quot;_blank\&quot;\u003Eno mass evacuation order\u003C/a\u003E for the city&#39;s 2.3 million residents. 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And he&#39;s going back out today. \u003C/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv data-reactroot=\&quot;\&quot; data-card=\&quot;twitter\&quot;\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\&quot;twitter-tweet\&quot;\u003E\n\u003Cp lang=\&quot;en\&quot; dir=\&quot;ltr\&quot;\u003EWATCH: Hero rescuer Abe Minor among civilians who have jumped into action to rescue neighbors from \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash\&quot;\u003E#Harvey\u003C/a\u003E: \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://t.co/cWJShLm5CW\&quot;\u003Ehttps://t.co/cWJShLm5CW\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://t.co/Sfr5Xd0t4x\&quot;\u003Epic.twitter.com/Sfr5Xd0t4x\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E— Good Morning America (@GMA) \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://twitter.com/GMA/status/902134989151600640\&quot;\u003EAugust 28, 2017\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/blockquote\u003E\r\n\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E2. 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Stay safe, Ags! \u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EVideo via \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://twitter.com/CNN\&quot;\u003E@CNN\u003C/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://t.co/oC9WUAxF67\&quot;\u003Epic.twitter.com/oC9WUAxF67\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/p\u003E— Texas A\u0026M University (@TAMU) \u003Ca href=\&quot;https://twitter.com/TAMU/status/901987639225667586\&quot;\u003EAugust 28, 2017\u003C/a\u003E\n\u003C/blockquote\u003E\r\n\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E10. 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