Ohio Task Force 1, based in Dayton, is getting an 80-person team ready after it was placed on alert by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The alert requires the OH-TF1 urban search and rescue team to assemble a roster and prepare to deploy in a shorter time frame than normal, according to Phil Sinewe, public information officer for the team.
The task force has not been activated but is awaiting notification for possible deployment, he said.
A weekend of deadly weather in the Southeast killed 15 people and injured dozens more, authorities said today, while residents along the Georgia-Florida line were bracing for more intense, fast-moving storms — including unusually strong "long track" twisters.
The National Weather Service said today that southern Georgia, northern Florida and the corner of southeastern Alabama could face forceful tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail. Long track tornadoes, which plow on for miles, also were a real risk.
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