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Indiana Task Force 1 returns home after tropical storm forecast change

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Forty-eight members of Indiana Task Force One have returned to Indiana after being deactivated due to a change in the tropical storm forecast.

The urban search and rescue team had left Indianapolis at 6 a.m. Sunday, heading to the Carolinas to help with storm response ahead of a tropical storm moving up the southeast coast.

The team was deployed to provide emergency rescue support in areas that could be hit by the storm.

Due to the change in the forecasted tropical storm, Indiana Task Force 1 has been deactivated and returned home.