Beverly-Based MA Task Force 1 Extends Search For Hurricane Helene Victims In NC

BEVERLY, MA — The Beverly-based Massachusetts Task Force 1 urban search-and-rescue team continued its efforts in North Carolina into a second week as the 45 members deployed searched for victims of catastrophic Hurricane Helene.

Task Force 1 members — most emergency service workers from throughout New England volunteering for the deployments nationwide in cases of crisis and destruction — have spent the week in rural North Carolina where more than two feet of rain fell, along with high winds from the storm that hit the Florida coast as a Category 4 hurricane.

"MA-TF1 continues in their mission in North Carolina," MA Task Force 1 spokesman Thomas Gatzunis said. "The team is conducting operations on both land and in the water.

"The days are long, but the team is driven to help the communities and residents of NC."

Here are MA Task Force 1 photos from their efforts in North Carolina in recent day: