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Indiana response teams heading to areas affected by Hurricane Matthew

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Indiana-based emergency response teams are deploying for Hurricane Matthew.

Gov. Mike Pence said Thursday the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is sending a six-person team to Tallahassee, Florida, to help support Florida’s emergency operations center with operations, planning, logistics and incident command. The team will be deployed for two weeks or until demobilized

Pence says Indiana Task Force 1, comprised of central Indiana emergency responders, is sending four hazardous materials specialists and three incident support team members to Marietta, Georgia, and the National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C.

The major hurricane scraped almost the entire length of Florida’s Atlantic coast beginning Thursday evening. From there, forecasters said it would most likely push along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina.

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