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Published:Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 9:22 AM
Updated:Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 6:20 PM
UPDATE @ 6:20 p.m.
Ohio Task Force 1 has been deployed and is headed to Robstown, Texas, not far from Corpus Christi.
Teams there requested support in the wake of Hurricane Harvey’s landfall and subsequent torrential rains as it stalls in the region as a tropical storm, News Center 7’s Gabrielle Enright said. She and videographer Chuck Hamlin are traveling with the task force.
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Ohio Task Force 1 and Missouri Task Force 1 are leaving from San Antonio, and will meet up with Texas Task Force 1 in Robstown.
Support efforts are expected to begin and first light.
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Ohio Task Force 1 learned during a conference call today that they will remain on standby to assist with any search and rescue missions, however at this point they have not received any missions from FEMA.
News Center 7’s Gabrielle Enright and videographer Chuck Hamlin are traveling with the group as they prepare for possible search and rescue missions related to Hurricane Harvey.
DAY 1: Ohio Task Force 1 leaves Dayton for Texas
So far, the task force is being held primarily for flooding concerns. While there are a lot of damage reports coming in, Texas resources have been able to handle them.
The task force arrived in San Antonio early Saturday morning and many of the crew were finally able to get some rest around 4:45 a.m. when they slept on cots at the AT&T Center.
MAP: Ohio Task Force One Location
The team is continuing to have regular meetings and are creating tactical plan should they be called for a mission.
Good morning from #Arkansas. #OHTF1 is in #SanAntonio . They have a conference call at 9:30. @whiotv #HurricaneHarvey
— Gabrielle Enright (@GEnrightWHIO)August 26, 2017
The drive from Dayton to San Antonio is approximately 18 hours.
Forty-nine members are part of the activation group, which learned of their mission in a conference call Thursday night. The crew worked to load the task force vehicles before they left their Kettering base Friday morning.
Our News Center 7 teams have traveled with the Task Force for several other missions they’ve been assigned to, including missions with Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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Reporter Gabrielle Enright reports just outside Little Rock, Arkansas, on the latest conditions from Hurricane Harvey.
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