NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Texas is getting help from the Peninsula, as the Newport News Fire Department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team has been asked to help more than a week after deadly floods took over the Guadalupe River.

The outlook is grim. More than a week after the initial floods, more heavy rain fell, and now, more is on the way. Hampton Roads-based crews have been told to expect about 20 inches of water on top of what they are dealing with. The heavy rain disrupts the debris underneath, so places they already searched get reshuffled.

“It takes days, weeks to actually search through all those debris piles to make sure that they’re clear,” said Newport News Fire Chief Wesley Rogers. “If you can imagine that surge, weather and rain — it disrupts those piles, moves them. … A lot of times, they have to go through and ultimately re-search those areas.”

Newport News fire got the call from Texas Saturday, loaded up, then drove straight through the night until they got there. Their Swiftwater Rescue Team has seven people with boots on the ground and boats in the water.

“They are not staying in luxury,” Rogers said. “They are they literally are doing 12-hour operational periods. They are leaving the river and they are going to a gym. They actually stay on little foldable cots.”

What they’re doing brings closure to families with missing loved ones and unanswered questions.

“So, it just takes special men and women to be able to put themselves through that for the greater good,” Rogers said. “There is a lot going on down there, still a lot of folks that not have been recovered.”

Rogers said their stay is open-ended. There is not set time on when to bring them back to Hampton Roads, as they are prepared to stick it out for the long haul.