Sunday, August 27, 2017

CG conducting Houston SARs


The U.S. Coast Guard is conducting urban search and rescue in the city of Houston following landfall of Hurricane Harvey. There have been 300 requests for SAR missions since Friday, Aug. 25. Currently, there are five MH-65 Dolphin helicopters conducting rescues in Houston. The CG has requested four HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from CG Air Station New Orleans. (Source: US Coast Guard Facebook 08/27/17)