DENVER ( KDVR ) — The Colorado Urban Search and Rescue Task Force One is working alongside rescue workers from Florida and Alabama as they continue assessing structural damage from hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Members of the team have been on the road since Sept. 25, when the first of the crews packed up and drove over 20 hours to Chattanooga, Tennessee. The team was sent to Pinellas County in Florida first, then sent north to Asheville, North Carolina, where there was still active flooding.
Far from where Hurricane Milton’s eye hit, tornadoes wrought unexpected damage
Now the task force is back in Florida after Hurricane Milton, working to assess 33,000 structures in the Clearwater area. The task force assesses the structures for damage and whether residents can safely return. Clearwater is located on the Gulf of Mexico, west of Tampa and north of Siesta Keys.
The team of volunteers is just one part of the aid provided by Coloradans. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis announced on Oct. 8 that he was authorizing the National Guard to send a Chinook helicopter and eight crew members to help with the disaster…