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Published: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 9:22 AM Updated: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 6:20 PM By: Breaking News Staff 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. LATEST: Hurricane Harvey slams into Texas coast MORE: Photos: Hurricane Harvey causes widespread damage 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. EARLIER 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 fr...

Published: Saturday, August 26, 2017 @ 9:22 AM Updated: Monday, August 28, 2017 @ 10:50 AM By: Breaking News Staff UPDATE @ 10:50 a.m. (Aug. 28):  Ohio Task Force 1 will head to the southern part of Houston to perform boat rescues , after the Houston area received over 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Harvey .  LATEST: Hurricane Harvey slams into Texas coast MORE: Photos: Hurricane Harvey causes widespread damage The task force has been given a window until around noon Central Time before water will be released from a levy or dam.  News Center 7’s Gabrielle Enright remains with Ohio Task Force 1 in Texas, and we’ll continue to update this page as we learn more.  UPDATE @ 6:20 p.m. (Aug. 27) Ohio Task Force 1 is in Katy, outside Houston, ready to operate water rescue missions . The Houston area has been deluged by ‘unprecedented flooding” from torrential rains from Tropical Storm Harvey . Rainfall totals are approaching 20 inches, recorded at the Houston Intercontinental Airpor...