KERR COUNTY, TX (KOAA) — The Colorado Task Force 1 team is helping out with search and recovery efforts after the deadly flooding in Texas.
The team is made up of more than 80 members, including some from the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD).
They say as of Sunday, all land-based searches along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County are now complete. Now, members are working with a task force out of Indiana and identifying more areas that need to be searched and cleared of debris.
The flash flooding in Texas killed more than 130 people, three are still missing.
Colorado Task Force 1 deployed a team to Texas on Monday, July 7 to help.
Colorado Task Force 1 has been activated and a team of around 45 members should be headed out sometime this evening. We are waiting to hear exactly where they are going, and what their mission will be. #TexasFloods pic.twitter.com/pId1xH1hTV
— Colorado Task Force 1 (@co_tf1) July 7, 2025
Scripps News Group, News5's parent company, along with the Scripps Howard Fund, are teaming up to help provide relief to those impacted by the Texas flooding tragedy. So far, viewers across the United States have raised more than $110,000 for relief.
To donate, just text FLOODING to 50155. Every dollar that is donated will support local organizations with relief efforts.
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