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California Fire Rescue Crews Help Harvey Recovery Efforts In Texas

By Ari Shapiro
Published September 11, 2017 at 12:45 PM CDT
(From Left) Scott Lewis, Mike Wolfe and Dave Lauchner, members of Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 7 and the Sacramento Fire Department, walk through Richwood, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2017. Richwood is one of many rural communities that continue to see major flooding over a week after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. (Alex Emslie/KQED)
(From Left) Scott Lewis, Mike Wolfe and Dave Lauchner, members of Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 7 and the Sacramento Fire Department, walk through Richwood, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2017. Richwood is one of many rural communities that continue to see major flooding over a week after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. (Alex Emslie/KQED)

A firefighting rescue team from Sacramento, California, used its emergency expertise to help neighborhoods in southeastern Texas, where water was still rising a week after Hurricane Harvey flooded much of the region.

Alex Emslie ( @SFNewsReporter) of KQED followed the team members as they began their relief efforts.

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Ari Shapiro
Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered grew at an unprecedented rate, with more people tuning in during a typical quarter-hour than any other program on the radio.
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