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U.S. Coast Guard shallow-water response team members escort employees of a North Carolina electric utility to a flooded substation in order to perform maintenance on transformers in Newport, North Carolina, Sept. 16, 2018.

USCG responds to floods caused by Florence

U.S. Coast Guard shallow-water response team members escort employees of a North Carolina electric utility to a flooded substation in order to perform maintenance on transformers in Newport, North Carolina, Sept. 16, 2018.

Coast Guard personnel rescue an elderly woman and her husband along with their pets after their home was flooded by Hurricane Florence, in Brunswick County, North Carolina, Sept. 16, 2018.

Coast Guard rescues woman and husband from floods

Coast Guard personnel rescue an elderly woman and her husband along with their pets after their home was flooded by Hurricane Florence, in Brunswick County, North Carolina, Sept. 16, 2018.

Vice Adm. Scott Buschman, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, views a flight-map before traveling to North Carolina to assess damages caused by Hurricane Florence from a Coast Guard C-130 airplane in Norfolk, Virginia, Sept. 16, 2018.

Vice Adm. Scott Buschman conducts an overflight in North Carolina

Vice Adm. Scott Buschman, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, views a flight-map before traveling to North Carolina to assess damages caused by Hurricane Florence from a Coast Guard C-130 airplane in Norfolk, Virginia, Sept. 16, 2018.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew search for survivors of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina, Sept. 18, 2018. Coast Guard air stations from around the country have sent aircraft and personnel to Air Station Elizabeth City, where response efforts are being coordinated.

Coast Guard helicopter crews search for survivors of Hurricane Florence

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew search for survivors of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina, Sept. 18, 2018. Coast Guard air stations from around the country have sent aircraft and personnel to Air Station Elizabeth City, where response efforts are being coordinated.

A Coast Guard boat crew assists a resident in safely getting to his house Tuesday, September 18, in Pollocksville, North Carolina.

Coast Guard crews rescue dogs, assist new father

A Coast Guard boat crew assists a resident in safely getting to his house Tuesday, September 18, in Pollocksville, North Carolina.

Latest Coast Guard news

UPDATE: Coast Guard searching for 75-year-old fisherman near Avon, NC

Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen crew rescues Good Samaritan following vessel capsizing off Rio Grande, Puerto Rico

Photo Release: Coast Guard, North Carolina Aquarium release turtles offshore Cape Henry, Va.

Coast Guard, partner agencies to enforce security zones near Palm Beach

Photo Release: Coast Guard searching for 75-year-old fisherman near Avon, NC

Video Release: Coast Guard conducts long-range medevac near St. Paul, Alaska

Coast Guard, partners locate capsized workboat in Charleston Harbor

Coast Guard rescues 3 after vessel capsizes, partially sinks in Mosquito Lagoon

Coast Guard, SeaStreak ferry assist vessel taking on water off Sandy Hook Bay, N.J.

Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns to Boston after 80-day counter-narcotic patrol

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard offloads 18.5 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard suspends ferry operation from Hilton Head to Daufuskie Island

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to offload 18.5 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades

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