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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.

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Coast Guard medevacs a fisherman 43 miles northwest of Key West

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard, partner agencies interdict 66 migrants in last 72-hours

Coast Guard, partners stop multiple smuggling events off Puerto Rico

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Rescues 3 from a capsized vessel approximately 6 miles south of Sugarloaf Key

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, HSI, CBP interdict suspected smuggler, migrants, drugs 8 miles east of Dania Beach

UPDATE: Coast Guard coordinates response to container ship fire over 1,000 miles northeast of Bermuda

PHOTO RELEASE: U.S. Coast Guard assists Haitian Coast Guard stop illegal migrant voyage approximately 26 miles north of Cap Haïtien

Coast Guard coordinates response to container ship fire nearly 1,000 miles northeast of Bermuda

UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for 2 people 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard searching for 2 people 46 miles east of Jupiter Inlet

VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs man 12 miles east of Sapelo Sound

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