The many faces of the Hurricane Harvey rescue effort

Emil Lendof

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Aug 30, 2017

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Caroline Kirkpatrick of Salt Lake City, Utah, is carried through the lobby of the Omni Hotel by rescue worker Adam Caballero as the last of hundreds to heed a mandatory evacuation order after news of an imminent break of the nearby Addicks levee. LA Times via Getty Images

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Evacuees who were staying at the Omni Hotel, are sent away as the last of hundreds to heed a mandatory evacuation order after news of an imminent break of the nearby Addicks levee. LA Times via Getty Images

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A woman and her child check into the Convention Center which is housing evacuees from flooded homes after Hurricane Harvey caused heavy flooding in Houston, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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A family prepares to sleep at the Convention Center which is housing people from flooded homes after Hurricane Harvey caused heavy flooding in Houston, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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Youths in a shelter for volunteer rescue workers set up at the Fairfield Baptist Church student building in Cypress, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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Women sort through linen at a shelter for volunteer rescue workers set up at the Fairfield Baptist Church student building in Cypress, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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A girl sorts toiletries at a shelter for volunteer rescue workers set up at the Fairfield Baptist Church student building in Cypress, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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Volunteers carry an inflatable mattress at a shelter for volunteer rescue workers set up at the Fairfield Baptist Church student building in Cypress, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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Epic Flooding Inundates Houston After Hurricane Harvey

Valeri Delgado and her family take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center after flood waters from Hurricane Harvey inundated the city in Houston, Texas. Getty Images

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Shannie Lipsie relaxes in the Channelview High School gym which has been turned in to an evacuation shelter for victims of flooding following Hurricane Harvey in Channelview, Texas. Getty Images

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Volunteers carry bags of donated items into a shelter for volunteer rescue workers set up at the Fairfield Baptist Church student building in Cypress, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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Volunteers load cases of water donated by a local resident outside of a shelter for volunteer rescue workers set up at the Fairfield Baptist Church student building in Cypress, Texas. AFP/Getty Images

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Volunteers load donated emergency supplies onto a waiting truck at the Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. Getty Images

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Flooding in Houston From Hurricane Harvey

An aerial view of downtown Houston, Texas Getty Images

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Residential neighborhoods near the Interstate 10 sit in floodwater in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas. LA Times via Getty Images

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A house sits completely submerged in flood water in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas. LA Times via Getty Images

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Police and volunteers rescue residents flooded by the San Jacinto river in Kingwood, Texas

Volunteer Dustin Langley, who lives two hours North of Houston and came down with a friend to help, points to an apartment with stranded residents flooded by the San Jacinto river in Kingwood, Texas. The Washington Post/Getty Images

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Langley helps a family to escape their flooded apartment in Kingwood, Texas. They placed them on their boat and took them to safety. The Washington Post/Getty Images

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People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain water following Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas. Getty Images

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Volunteers in boats rescue people and their pets from their homes near interstate 45 in Houston, Texas. The Washington Post/Getty Images

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Flood victims arrive at Channelview High School gym which has been turned in to an evacuation shelter following flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Channelview, Texas. Getty Images

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Glenda Montelongeo, Richard Martinez and his two sons are helped out of a boat after being rescued near Tidwell Road and Toll road 8 in Houston, Texas. The Washington Post/Getty Images

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The Tellez family is evacuated from their home after severe flooding following Hurricane Harvey in north Houston in Houston, Texas. Getty Images

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Jannett Martinez holds her cat Gigi as she rides a boat out of her neighborhood which was inundated after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas. AP

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