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More than 2,500 first responders on call for Hurricane Beryl
The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) deployed 2,500 first responders and 1,200 vehicles and machinery ahead of Beryl’s arrival.
This includes “swiftwater” boat squads; a public works response team; the Texas A&M Forest Service; the Texas National Guard, which has a Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters; Texas Highway Patrol troopers, who have helicopters with hoist capabilities, as well as teams from several other departments.
FEMA is on and with more than 100 staff prepared with 500,000 ready meals, 800,000 litres of water, 20,000 tarps, 2,500 rolls of plastic, and generators.
“Beryl is a resilient storm, and it poses a serious threat for Texans in its path at landfall and the following 24 hours as it moves through Texas,” acting Gov. Dan Patrick said in a press conference yesterday.
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