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} .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg { background-color: rgb(238,238,238); } .sports-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-text-span:hover { color: rgb(158, 29, 10) !important; } .sports-theme-bg, .sports-theme-bg-hover:hover, .site-nav-span.site-nav-sports-span.site-nav-active-span, .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-sports-tile, .parent-label.sports { background-color: rgb(158, 29, 10) !important; } .card-suspender-color.sports { background: rgb(158, 29, 10) !important; } .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-sports-tile { background-color: rgb(158, 29, 10); background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); } .listview .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-sports-tile, .listview .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-sports-tile, .listview .hgpm-link.sports-theme-bg-hover, .listview .hgpm-link.sports-theme-border-hover:hover { background-color: transparent !important; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0) !important; } .sports-theme-color, .hgpm-list-text .sports-theme-color .theme-bg-ssts-label, .hgpm-list-text .hgpm-section > .sports-theme-color, .blog-asset-double-wide.sports-theme-color .presto-h1, .blog-asset-double-wide.sports-theme-color .presto-h2, .blog-asset-double-wide.sports-theme-color .presto-h3, .blog-asset-double-wide.sports-theme-color .presto-h4, .blog-asset-double-wide.sports-theme-color .presto-h5, .blog-asset-double-wide.sports-theme-color .presto-h6, .sports-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link:hover, .sports-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link.is-selected, .sports-theme-color .inline-share-count-blog { color: rgb(158, 29, 10); } .blog-asset-double-wide.sports-theme-color blockquote { border-color: rgb(158, 29, 10); } .footer > nav > .fronts > section.sports h6 { border-color: rgb(158, 29, 10) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-life-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(116, 23, 132) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-life-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span:hover { background-color: transparent !important; } .site-nav-life-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span:hover, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-life-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(116, 23, 132) !important; } .site-nav-life-item .site-nav-theme-border.usatoday-theme-bg { background: rgb(116, 23, 132) !important; } .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border { background-color: rgb(210, 210, 210); } .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg { background-color: rgb(238,238,238); } .life-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-text-span:hover { color: rgb(116, 23, 132) !important; } .life-theme-bg, .life-theme-bg-hover:hover, .site-nav-span.site-nav-life-span.site-nav-active-span, .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-life-tile, .parent-label.life { background-color: rgb(116, 23, 132) !important; } .card-suspender-color.life { background: rgb(116, 23, 132) !important; } .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-life-tile { background-color: rgb(116, 23, 132); background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); } .listview .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-life-tile, .listview .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-life-tile, .listview .hgpm-link.life-theme-bg-hover, .listview .hgpm-link.life-theme-border-hover:hover { background-color: transparent !important; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0) !important; } .life-theme-color, .hgpm-list-text .life-theme-color .theme-bg-ssts-label, .hgpm-list-text .hgpm-section > .life-theme-color, .blog-asset-double-wide.life-theme-color .presto-h1, .blog-asset-double-wide.life-theme-color .presto-h2, .blog-asset-double-wide.life-theme-color .presto-h3, .blog-asset-double-wide.life-theme-color .presto-h4, .blog-asset-double-wide.life-theme-color .presto-h5, .blog-asset-double-wide.life-theme-color .presto-h6, .life-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link:hover, .life-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link.is-selected, .life-theme-color .inline-share-count-blog { color: rgb(116, 23, 132); } .blog-asset-double-wide.life-theme-color blockquote { border-color: rgb(116, 23, 132); } .footer > nav > .fronts > section.life h6 { border-color: rgb(116, 23, 132) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-money-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(19, 127, 57) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-money-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span:hover { background-color: transparent !important; } .site-nav-money-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span:hover, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-money-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(19, 127, 57) !important; } .site-nav-money-item .site-nav-theme-border.usatoday-theme-bg { background: rgb(19, 127, 57) !important; } .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border { background-color: rgb(210, 210, 210); } .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg { background-color: rgb(238,238,238); } .money-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-text-span:hover { color: rgb(19, 127, 57) !important; } .money-theme-bg, .money-theme-bg-hover:hover, .site-nav-span.site-nav-money-span.site-nav-active-span, .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-money-tile, .parent-label.money { background-color: rgb(19, 127, 57) !important; } .card-suspender-color.money { background: rgb(19, 127, 57) !important; } .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-money-tile { background-color: rgb(19, 127, 57); background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); } .listview .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-money-tile, .listview .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-money-tile, .listview .hgpm-link.money-theme-bg-hover, .listview .hgpm-link.money-theme-border-hover:hover { background-color: transparent !important; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0) !important; } .money-theme-color, .hgpm-list-text .money-theme-color .theme-bg-ssts-label, .hgpm-list-text .hgpm-section > .money-theme-color, .blog-asset-double-wide.money-theme-color .presto-h1, .blog-asset-double-wide.money-theme-color .presto-h2, .blog-asset-double-wide.money-theme-color .presto-h3, .blog-asset-double-wide.money-theme-color .presto-h4, .blog-asset-double-wide.money-theme-color .presto-h5, .blog-asset-double-wide.money-theme-color .presto-h6, .money-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link:hover, .money-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link.is-selected, .money-theme-color .inline-share-count-blog { color: rgb(19, 127, 57); } .blog-asset-double-wide.money-theme-color blockquote { border-color: rgb(19, 127, 57); } .footer > nav > .fronts > section.money h6 { border-color: rgb(19, 127, 57) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-tech-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(193, 87, 9) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-tech-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span:hover { background-color: transparent !important; } .site-nav-tech-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span:hover, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-tech-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(193, 87, 9) !important; } .site-nav-tech-item .site-nav-theme-border.usatoday-theme-bg { background: rgb(193, 87, 9) !important; } .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border { background-color: rgb(210, 210, 210); } .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg { background-color: rgb(238,238,238); } .tech-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-text-span:hover { color: rgb(193, 87, 9) !important; } .tech-theme-bg, .tech-theme-bg-hover:hover, .site-nav-span.site-nav-tech-span.site-nav-active-span, .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-tech-tile, .parent-label.tech { background-color: rgb(193, 87, 9) !important; } .card-suspender-color.tech { background: rgb(193, 87, 9) !important; } .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-tech-tile { background-color: rgb(193, 87, 9); background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); } .listview .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-tech-tile, .listview .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-tech-tile, .listview .hgpm-link.tech-theme-bg-hover, .listview .hgpm-link.tech-theme-border-hover:hover { background-color: transparent !important; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0) !important; } .tech-theme-color, .hgpm-list-text .tech-theme-color .theme-bg-ssts-label, .hgpm-list-text .hgpm-section > .tech-theme-color, .blog-asset-double-wide.tech-theme-color .presto-h1, .blog-asset-double-wide.tech-theme-color .presto-h2, .blog-asset-double-wide.tech-theme-color .presto-h3, .blog-asset-double-wide.tech-theme-color .presto-h4, .blog-asset-double-wide.tech-theme-color .presto-h5, .blog-asset-double-wide.tech-theme-color .presto-h6, .tech-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link:hover, .tech-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link.is-selected, .tech-theme-color .inline-share-count-blog { color: rgb(193, 87, 9); } .blog-asset-double-wide.tech-theme-color blockquote { border-color: rgb(193, 87, 9); } .footer > nav > .fronts > section.tech h6 { border-color: rgb(193, 87, 9) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-travel-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(17, 158, 158) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-travel-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span:hover { background-color: transparent !important; } .site-nav-travel-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span:hover, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-travel-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(17, 158, 158) !important; } .site-nav-travel-item .site-nav-theme-border.usatoday-theme-bg { background: rgb(17, 158, 158) !important; } .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border { background-color: rgb(210, 210, 210); } .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg { background-color: rgb(238,238,238); } .travel-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-text-span:hover { color: rgb(17, 158, 158) !important; } .travel-theme-bg, .travel-theme-bg-hover:hover, .site-nav-span.site-nav-travel-span.site-nav-active-span, .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-travel-tile, .parent-label.travel { background-color: rgb(17, 158, 158) !important; } .card-suspender-color.travel { background: rgb(17, 158, 158) !important; } .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-travel-tile { background-color: rgb(17, 158, 158); background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); } .listview .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-travel-tile, .listview .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-travel-tile, .listview .hgpm-link.travel-theme-bg-hover, .listview .hgpm-link.travel-theme-border-hover:hover { background-color: transparent !important; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0) !important; } .travel-theme-color, .hgpm-list-text .travel-theme-color .theme-bg-ssts-label, .hgpm-list-text .hgpm-section > .travel-theme-color, .blog-asset-double-wide.travel-theme-color .presto-h1, .blog-asset-double-wide.travel-theme-color .presto-h2, .blog-asset-double-wide.travel-theme-color .presto-h3, .blog-asset-double-wide.travel-theme-color .presto-h4, .blog-asset-double-wide.travel-theme-color .presto-h5, .blog-asset-double-wide.travel-theme-color .presto-h6, .travel-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link:hover, .travel-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link.is-selected, .travel-theme-color .inline-share-count-blog { color: rgb(17, 158, 158); } .blog-asset-double-wide.travel-theme-color blockquote { border-color: rgb(17, 158, 158); } .footer > nav > .fronts > section.travel h6 { border-color: rgb(17, 158, 158) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-opinion-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(102,102,102) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-opinion-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span:hover { background-color: transparent !important; } .site-nav-opinion-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span:hover, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-opinion-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(102,102,102) !important; } .site-nav-opinion-item .site-nav-theme-border.usatoday-theme-bg { background: rgb(102,102,102) !important; } .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border { background-color: rgb(210, 210, 210); } .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg { background-color: rgb(238,238,238); } .opinion-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-text-span:hover { color: rgb(102,102,102) !important; } .opinion-theme-bg, .opinion-theme-bg-hover:hover, .site-nav-span.site-nav-opinion-span.site-nav-active-span, .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-opinion-tile, .parent-label.opinion { background-color: rgb(102,102,102) !important; } .card-suspender-color.opinion { background: rgb(102,102,102) !important; } .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-opinion-tile { background-color: rgb(102,102,102); background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5); } .listview .noimage .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-opinion-tile, .listview .headline-asset-item-tile.headline-asset-item-opinion-tile, .listview .hgpm-link.opinion-theme-bg-hover, .listview .hgpm-link.opinion-theme-border-hover:hover { background-color: transparent !important; background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0) !important; } .opinion-theme-color, .hgpm-list-text .opinion-theme-color .theme-bg-ssts-label, .hgpm-list-text .hgpm-section > .opinion-theme-color, .blog-asset-double-wide.opinion-theme-color .presto-h1, .blog-asset-double-wide.opinion-theme-color .presto-h2, .blog-asset-double-wide.opinion-theme-color .presto-h3, .blog-asset-double-wide.opinion-theme-color .presto-h4, .blog-asset-double-wide.opinion-theme-color .presto-h5, .blog-asset-double-wide.opinion-theme-color .presto-h6, .opinion-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link:hover, .opinion-theme-color > .shbfm-subnav-link.is-selected, .opinion-theme-color .inline-share-count-blog { color: rgb(102,102,102); } .blog-asset-double-wide.opinion-theme-color blockquote { border-color: rgb(102,102,102); } .footer > nav > .fronts > section.opinion h6 { border-color: rgb(102,102,102) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-lightpost-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(0,40,135) !important; } .site-nav-span-theme-usatoday.site-nav-lightpost-span.site-nav-text-span.site-nav-active-span:hover { background-color: transparent !important; } .site-nav-lightpost-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span:hover, .site-nav-active-item .site-nav-lightpost-span.usatoday-theme-bg-hover.site-nav-dark.site-nav-text-span { background-color: transparent !important; color: rgb(0,40,135) !important; } .site-nav-lightpost-item .site-nav-theme-border.usatoday-theme-bg { background: rgb(0,40,135) !important; } .site-nav-theme-border.firefly-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.social-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border.search-theme-bg.usatoday-theme-bg, .site-nav-theme-border { background-color: rgb(210, 210, 210); 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        data-title="Hurricane Harvey images show America at its best:Hurricane Harvey images show America at its best"
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                                alt="Rescue crews save residents in Port Arthur, Texas on" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Rescue crews save residents in Port Arthur, Texas on Sept. 1, 2017.  As flood waters receded in Houston and residents began slowly returning home other nearby towns such as Rockport, Beaumont and Port Arthur were struggling to get back on their feet.&#160;
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                                alt="The Big Red Mud Truck rescue team helps flood victims" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    The Big Red Mud Truck rescue team helps flood victims off their truck in Port Arthur, Texas, Friday.
Storm-weary residents of Houston and other Texas cities began returning home to assess flood damage from Hurricane Harvey but officials warned the danger was far from over in parts of the battered state.&#160;
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                                    Members of the Tennessee task force stage at the Ft. Bend Fairgrounds awaiting assignments, Friday, in Houston.&#160;
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                                alt="U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Drew Gleason looks" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Drew Gleason looks for flood victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey while flying over Liberty, Texas, Friday.&#160;
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                                alt="Volunteers organize supplies, Friday,  at a distribution" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Volunteers organize supplies, Friday,  at a distribution point in the Dickinson ISD Community Gym in Dickinson, Texas.&#160;
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                                    Galveston firefighters and emergency medical technicians transfer a Newborn Intensive Care Unit patient from an air ambulance Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, to a Galveston Emergency Medical Services ambulance at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas. The infant, one of 11, was evacuated from a Beaumont hospital to the University of Texas Medical Branch after the East Texas city's water system failed during Tropical Storm Harvey.&#160;
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                                alt="Old Habits, the monster truck, helps residents carry" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Old Habits, the monster truck, helps residents carry a generator through floods in Port Arthur, Texas, on Friday.&#160;
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                                alt="Naval Aircrewman 2nd Class Jansen Schamp, a native" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Naval Aircrewman 2nd Class Jansen Schamp, a native of Denver, Colo. and Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Rion Johnson, a native of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., both assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, assist with a medical evacuation during Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Jasper, Texas on Thursday.. 
US Fleet Forces Command sent personnel and assets to bolster Northern Command's support of FEMA's assistance to federal, state and local authorities ongoing relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.&#160;
                                    <meta itemprop="copyrightHolder" content="Christopher Lindahl, US Navy via AFP/Getty Images" /><span class="credit gallery-viewport-credit"> Christopher Lindahl, US Navy via AFP/Getty Images</span></div><div class="toolbox gallery-viewport-toolbox"><a href="#" title="Fullscreen" class="fullscreen gallery-viewport-fullscreen-link"><span class="meta-fullscreen"></span>Fullscreen</a></div></div></div></div><div class="slide gallery-viewport-slide horizontal"  itemprop="associatedMedia"  itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="gallery-photo-border"><img itemprop="image" class="gallery-photo horizontal" data-mycapture-src="" data-mycapture-sm-src="" data-byline="Kevin M. Cox, AP"
                                
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                                alt="Volunteer Allison Baptiste helps unload a truck of" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Volunteer Allison Baptiste helps unload a truck of supplies at a distribution point in the Dickinson ISD Community Gym in Dickinson, Texas on Friday.&#160;
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                                alt="Volunteers sort donated items, Friday, in a makeshift" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Volunteers sort donated items, Friday, in a makeshift distribution center set up among the cubicles of an office in Pasadena, Texas.&#160;
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                                alt="Volunteers and first responders in Lafayette, La.," data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Volunteers and first responders in Lafayette, La., on Aug. 28, 2017.&#160;
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                                alt="Houston Aug. 29, 2017." data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="520" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Houston Aug. 29, 2017.&#160;
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                                alt="Andrew Ives helps a resident from boat to waiting trucks" data-id=""><meta itemprop="height" content="390" /><meta itemprop="width" content="292" /><div class="buy-photo-btn"></div><div class="gallery-viewport-meta meta"><div itemprop="caption" class="caption gallery-viewport-caption">
                                    Andrew Ives helps a resident from boat to waiting trucks in Houston on Aug. 29, 2017.&#160;
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                                    Houston SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck rescues Catherine Pham.&#160;
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