LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast, Los Angeles County firefighters who participated in search-and-rescue efforts recalled their experiences in the devastated region.

The storm surge broke the city's levees, causing a catastrophic flood unlike anything in New Orleans' history. Nearly 1,400 people were killed.

New Orleans may be nearly 2,000 miles away from Los Angeles, but Hurricane Katrina had an impact on dozens of Los Angeles County firefighters.

In the aftermath of Katrina, L.A. County Fire mobilized its Urban Search and Rescue team -- at the time called California Task Force 2.

About 70 members of California Task Force 2 went door-to-door -- either by boat, by foot or by chopper -- to find people trapped by the water.

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