PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard conducts search and rescue, assists utility company

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News Release  

Sept. 16, 2018
U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Florence Response
Contact: Hurricane Response Media Operations Centers
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North Carolina: (252) 515-0895
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PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard conducts search and rescue, assists utility company

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.  The Coast Guard is conducting search and rescue and infrastructure reconstitution operations in support of state and local emergency operation centers.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Gaaron Blanchard, a shallow-water response boat team member, guides a rescue boat through flood waters caused by Hurricane Florence in Newport, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2018.  The Coast Guard is conducting search and rescue operations in support of state and local emergency operation centers.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob B. Derry)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Gaaron Blanchard, a shallow-water response boat team member, receives a call to search a neighborhood flooded by Hurricane Florence in Newport, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2018.  The Coast Guard is conducting search and rescue operations in support of state and local emergency operation centers.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob B. Derry)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Abdallah Hassanien (front) and Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Kope (back), shallow-water response boat team members, navigate a rescue boat through flooding caused by Hurricane Florence in Newport, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2018.  The Coast Guard is conducting search and rescue operations in support of state and local emergency operation centers.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob B. Derry)

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GOLDSBORO, N.C. -- Coast Guard shallow-water rescue boat teams conducted response operations in areas flooded by Hurricane Florence, in Newport, North Carolina, on Saturday and Sunday.

The boat team crew members searched for residents stranded by flood waters and transported utility workers to  a power substation to perform maintenance to prepare to restore power to the area.

The Coast Guard and its state, local and federal partners have been working together throughout North Carolina to conduct search and rescue missions and to survey and rebuild damaged infrastructure. 

 

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