Hurricane Harvey continues to hammer Texas as forecasters look ahead to neighboring states in the east that may face the storm's wrath this week.

But as other large-scale natural disasters have shown us, we can always count on the heroes to show up and help. And Harvey can't scare these champs away either.

Check out the awesome heroes that are saving lives during the onslaught of mother nature's fury.

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