{"id":377930,"date":"2026-07-18T13:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377930\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:42:13","slug":"two-arkansas-search-and-rescue-teams-deployed-to-texas-amid-flood-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/377930\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Arkansas search and rescue teams deployed to Texas amid flood response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 Two Arkansas search and rescue teams have been deployed to Texas as the state responds to severe and widespread flooding, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the deployment began on Thursday after Texas requested assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEMAC gives states the ability to support one another when it matters most, delivering critical resources where they\u2019re needed,\u201d said ADEM Director AJ Gary.<\/p>\n<p>ADEM says that their teams will conduct search and rescue operations for stranded or atrisk individuals, provide emergency evacuations from inundated areas, and support local jurisdictions facing overwhelming waterrelated incidents.<\/p>\n<p>They are currently assigned to a seven-day mission, though that may be extended depending on Texas&#8217; evolving needs and ongoing flooding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Emergency response knows no borders, and we are dedicated to working alongside Texas to provide the necessary assistance and resources,\u201d Director Gary said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 Two Arkansas search and rescue teams have been deployed to Texas as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-377930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}