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Summary of Coast Guard&#39;s Hurricane Harvey response efforts

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<h1 class='bulletin_subject'>Summary of Coast Guard&#39;s Hurricane Harvey response efforts</h1>
<span class='dateline rs_skip'>U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 09/07/2017 06:46 PM EDT</span>
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<p align="right"><font face="times new roman,times" size="2">Sept. 7, 2017</font></p>
<p align="right"><strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="2">U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Heartland</font></strong><font face="times new roman,times" size="2"><br></font><font face="times new roman,times" size="2">Office: (504) 671-2020<br></font><font face="times new roman, times" size="2">After Hours: (618) 225-9008</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="4"><strong>Summary of Coast Guard's Hurricane Harvey response efforts</strong></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard has completed search and rescue operations in response to Hurricane Harvey but continues to work alongside the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other federal, state and local partners to address pollution concerns as a result of the storm.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">During their response to Hurricane Harvey, Coast Guard men and women rescued 11,022 people and 1,384 pets.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">Involved in the Coast Guard response were:<br> <br>• 2,060 active duty, Reserve, civil servant and Auxiliary personnel from as far away as Guam, Alaska and Hawaii<br>• 50 rotary and fixed-wing aircraft<br>• 75 shallow-water boats<br>• 29 cutters<br> <br>Of the 2,519 Coast Guard members who live in the impacted areas in Texas, 51 suffered catastrophic property loss and 124 others reported property damage. Most of the members who experienced these losses were heavily involved in response efforts despite the personal challenges they faced.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">“The Coast Guard’s response to Hurricane Harvey is one of the largest our organization has seen in decades, and men and women from the furthest reaches of our service answered the call to assist others in their time of need,” said Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, commander of the Coast Guard 8th District. “I’m incredibly proud and humbled by the resiliency of our first responders who were deeply impacted but continued to work around the clock to save more than 11,000 people in a matter of days.” <br> <br>All commercial ports in Texas have reopened, and Coast Guard captains of the port for the Corpus Christi and Houston-Galveston captain of the port zones are continuing to evaluate and reassess port restrictions. Mariners can check port conditions <a href="https://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/portDirectory.do?tabId=1&amp;cotpId=28" target="_blank">here</a>.<br> <br>Many of the same Coast Guard crews and assets that deployed in response to Hurricane Harvey are now preparing to respond to Hurricane Irma. More information about the Coast Guard's preparations for Hurricane Irma are available at <a href="http://www.news.uscg.mil/hurricane-irma" target="_blank">www.news.uscg.mil/hurricane-irma</a>.<br> <br>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is leading Hurricane Harvey pollution response efforts, and media questions about the Coast Guard's pollution response should be directed to the EPA public information officer at 215-514-8878.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">-USCG-</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3">IMPORTANT LINKS</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.news.uscg.mil/Hurricane-Harvey/" target="_blank" title="Link to Coast Guard Hurricane Harvey Response News webpage">U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Harvey Response News</a></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="https://www.fema.gov/hurricane-harvey?utm_source=hp_promo&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=disaster" target="_blank" title="Link to FEMA resources">FEMA Hurricane Harvey Resources</a></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/search/?q=HURRICANE+HARVEY&amp;filter%5Bbranch%5D=Coast+Guard&amp;view=list&amp;sort=publishdate" target="_blank" title="Link to Official Coast Guard video and imagery">Official U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Harvey Response video and imagery</a></font></p></div>
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