INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's Task Force 1 has been activated to help with Hurricane Michael in the southern United States.
A 16 member Water Rescue team will leave Tuesday morning. Their destination is not known at this time.
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Hurricane Michael is currently slashing through Cuba and is forecast to be a "dangerous major hurricane" when it hits the US Gulf coast on Wednesday.
The forecast indicates Michael may be a Category 3 hurricane -- with winds from 111 to 129 mph -- when it strikes.
Indiana Task Force #1 has been activated for #HurricaneMichael. A 16 member Water Rescue Team will leave tomorrow morning. The exact destination is not know at this time. @NAT_USAR_NEWS @fema pic.twitter.com/9rQekBxrow
— Indiana Task Force 1 (@IN_Task_Force_1) October 9, 2018
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for 26 counties.
The storm is aiming at a region that stretches from Mobile, Alabama, through the Florida Panhandle and into the Big Bend area of northern Florida.
As forecast, Michael would be the first Category 3 or higher hurricane to hit the Panhandle since Hurricane Dennis in 2005. Monday, it became the seventh hurricane of 2018 in the Atlantic Basin.
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