US EditionWisconsin Task Force in Texas to Help with Search Efforts After Flooding
CALIFORNIA, JUL 8 – California's Urban Search and Rescue teams, experienced in major disasters like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, are aiding Texas flood recovery alongside FEMA and other agencies.
- Over the Fourth of July weekend, catastrophic flooding in central Texas by the Guadalupe River resulted in more than 100 deaths and left upwards of 160 people unaccounted for.
- The flooding prompted Texas Governor Greg Abbott to request specialized search and rescue support from several states, including South Carolina and California.
- California's Governor's Office of Emergency Services deployed multiple urban search and rescue teams, including K-9 units from Los Angeles County, Riverside, Menlo Park, and Orange County fire departments.
- Governor Gavin Newsom expressed California’s commitment to supporting other Americans in need, while Captain Sheila Berkoh emphasized that the effort is challenging but essential to providing relief to residents of central Texas.
- These coordinated deployments illustrate inter-state disaster response and suggest ongoing efforts to locate missing persons amid widespread debris in Texas.
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The Copper CourierPhoenix firefighters head to Texas to help in search after catastrophic Kerrville flood
“We are a fully functioning deployable team that is self-sufficient once we get there, and wherever FEMA needs us to search, we will search for them,” said Capt. Rob McDade, spokesman for the department.
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