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The team returned Wednesday after being deployed to Fort Myers Beach to help locals recovering from Hurricane Ian.

The festival was projected to attract more than 8,000 fans a night for the three days of performances.

The team is expected to arrive in Boone County on Wednesday around noon.

Over a week after Hurricane Ian hit SWFL, search and rescue teams are still combing through Fort Myers Beach to find survivors.

Missouri Task Force 1, a division of the Boone County Fire Protection district, has been activated by the Federal Emergency Management agency for deployment.

Crews moved in quickly hours after the storm passed and were stationed near Orlando, Fla. CWEP lineman worked 16-hour days directed in part by the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC).

The Columbia Police Department responded to calls of an individual being pushed off of a bridge at Highway 63 near Clark Lane Tuesday night.

The team searched over 570 structures and debris piles Tuesday in Fort Myers Beach for survivors and victims alike.

The task force is going structure by structure searching for survivors, as well as documenting damage to each building.

A 47-member team of Missouri Task Force 1 conducted search and rescue missions and wide-area search operations Monday in Fort Myers, Florida — one of the communities hit hardest last week by Hurrican…