Firefighters Rescue Cats Trapped by High Flood Waters

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Raising waters can be pretty scary for cats.

And that’s what happened around two California felines on Tuesday, when high flood waters left them stranded in trees half-submerged in the Sacramento River.

Sacramento Fire Department firefighters and Sacramento Animal Control officers rescue two cats from trees half-submerged due to the recent heavy rains in the Sacramento River near the Tower Bridge on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif. (Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Sacramento Fire Department firefighters and Sacramento Animal Control officers rescue two cats from trees half-submerged due to the recent heavy rains in the Sacramento River near the Tower Bridge on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif. Randall Benton/The Sacramento Bee via AP