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Michigan National Guard soldiers on their way to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts

Posted at 2:37 PM, Aug 31, 2017
and last updated 2017-09-01 08:51:23-04

24 Michigan National Guard soldiers have been deployed to Texas to help with the Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. Lt. Col. Dawn Dancer tells wilx.com 3 helicopters left for Grand Prairie, Texas around 7 a.m. Thursday.

The unit will be working on evacuations and delivering items to the flood zone. They'll get their official orders when they arrive. One chopper and 6 of the soldiers are from the Lansing area. No end date has been set for their deployment.

Governor Rick Snyder sent the following tweet about the mission: