Heavy rains this spring have swollen many Missouri creeks and rivers, flooding dozens of roads. Gale Blomenkamp of Missouri Task Force One says teams know this can be a busy time of the year for water rescue calls. He spoke with Sue Danielson about the hidden dangers...
Missouri Task Force 1 is headed home from central Texas. Gale Blomenkamp, spokesman for the state’s top search and rescue team, says, though, a few of them won’t be coming home right away. “Four members are still in play and are still in Kerr County,”...
Missouri Task Force 1 has been deployed to Kentucky to respond to flooding in the eastern part of that state. Eighty members of the task force are being sent to Hazard, Kentucky, in the Appalachian Mountains, where a “historic” flood event is happening. They’ll be...
Tuesday will be Missouri Task Force One’s last day in western North Carolina, but they’re not done yet. The task force is deploying to Florida to help with the upcoming response to Hurricane Milton, which is forecast to strike the Florida peninsula Wednesday night. A...
Missouri’s premier urban search and rescue team has been in North Carolina to help Hurricane Helene victims. Missouri Task Force 1 has been searching for, rescuing, and recovering victims. Members have also been assessing property that has been caught up in the...
