Search and rescue team from Riverside back home after helping with Texas flood recovery efforts

Five members of an urban search and rescue team from Riverside have returned home after a grueling two-week mission in Texas, where they worked with cadaver dogs to help with the July 4 flooding recovery effort.

The historic floods in central Texas have killed at least 135 people, including dozens of children from a summer camp along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County.

“Just like the fires in L.A. that we were just at, any time you’re doing recovery, it’s just a different mindsight,” said search and rescue team member Sharon Gattas, who worked with her search dog Harley…

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