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Tennessee National Guard: We’re ready for Hurricane Harvey response

Evacuees are helped as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Evacuees are helped as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Evacuees are helped as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

The Tennessee Army National Guard says it’s prepared to respond to Hurricane Harvey if called, and has been planning for a potential response.

Earlier Tuesday, Nicholas Atwood, deputy joint public affairs director, told USA TODAY Network – Tennessee that the state National Guard unit had been examining a potential response “on paper” but were not moving forward until necessary.

By Tuesday afternoon, that planning had been finished.

Read more at our news partner’s website, tennessean.com.

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