INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana Task Force 1 will head to North Carolina as part of its assistance efforts to those stranded in the settling dust of Hurricane Helene.
INTF-1 said on Facebook it will continue its search and rescue and evacuation efforts in western North Carolina, which has been hit by severe flooding, heavy rainfall, and wind damage as a result of Hurricane Helene.
The task force deployed to Florida on Wednesday ahead of Helene making landfall. Since then, they have assisted in search and rescue efforts across the Florida panhandle and northern Georgia.
They say the team will work with local, state, and national groups to assess the hardest hit regions in the western part of the state.
Almost 100 deaths have been reported as a cause of Helene’s path of destruction. Buncombe County, home to Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, reported 30 deaths over the weekend.
Millions are still without power as of Monday morning, including a handful in Indiana, which faced remnants of Helene on Friday.