Drones used to survey hurricane and flood damage and people in danger
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Predator, Reaper Drones Flying to Monitor Harvey, Irma AftermathEven nonmilitary drones were used in Houston to photograph flood damage even when choppers could not fly because of the weather. The birdseye view provided dramatic pictures of what was happening real time.
The Air National Guard has deployed medium-altitude drones to help airlift and search-and-rescue units find victims in disaster-stricken areas, its top general said Saturday.
The Guard is flying unarmed MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reaper drones, as well as manned RC-26 mobile intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planes, to scour areas in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey, according to Air Force Lt. Gen Scott Rice, director of the Air National Guard.
And they’ll use them for Irma, too, he said.
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