OLATHE, Kan. — Back-to-back hurricanes are taxing organizations around the country that help victims and assist local first responders. That includes two Kansas search and rescue teams deployed at the same time for the first time in the state's history. Kansas Task Force 1 returned from a two week deployment to Hurricane Helene Tuesday. They crossed paths with Kansas Task Force 2, deployed to Hurricane Milton Sunday. Wife of zTrip driver injured in shooting talks after attack Helene, a Category 4 hurricane that came ashore in Florida, left a path of destruction across the Southeast, killing more than 200 people in six states. But only people like Olathe Fire Battalion Chief and Kansas Task Force 1 leader Paul Craft know what's it's like to find a victim underneath the rubble of a home that's been destroyed, or a homeowner waiting for rescue as their boats arrive with the water still rising and be able to transport them to safety. "They are scared. Their homes are flooded. A lot of people are literally standing on their kitchen tables with their heads above the water line just to stay alive, holding on to loved ones," Craft said. After Helene created a storm surge, the 20 member Kansas Task Force 1 team spent five days near Tampa, Florida, providing search and rescue, checking more than a hundred structures, and working closely with other state task force teams. They then headed to Yancey County, north of Asheville, North Carolina, where mountains of mud came rushing into homes amidst historic rainfall. "It's very rewarding to help and then when they find out we're a team from Kansas, they light up and are like wow, you came all the way down here to help us out." Sunday, Kansas Task Force 2 was deployed to Hurricane Milton with 19 members including Shawnee firefighters and Johnson County MED-ACT. Five-year-old girl suffers serious injuries after being mauled by dog "It's really important because the states a lot of times don't have the resources to take care of the big disasters. So the states use the emergency management assistance compact to help each other out," Craft says while the devastation he personally saw was worse in North Carolina, he's worried about what was left behind from Helene in Florida, and could be sent flying or rushing down streets that turn into rivers. "Now refrigerators are all over the streets, washing machines, clothing, tables," he explained. As that second search and rescue team assembles in Florida, he warns it will likely be at least several hours if not longer until rescuers can get to residents after the hurricane passes. Salvador Perez shrugs off Yankees 3B Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s comments saying Royals ‘got lucky’ "I hope that they realize its not worth staying there and they realize how hard it is for rescue crews to get there," Craft said. Since cell service is often not available and it's hard to know who stayed and who evacuated, the Kansas team will likely be going door to door by boat marking X's on houses that have been checked. That's done so the work doesn't have to be repeated and all survivors are found.