HARDIN, Mo. — Residents in Hardin, Missouri, are all too familiar with severe weather. In 1993, they experienced historic flooding that destroyed everything in its path, even sweeping through a ...

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) has expanded statewide flood response capabilities with the distribution ...

HARTSBURG — The Boone County Office of Emergency Management recently purchased two mechanical sandbagging machines to help with flooding control. The machines fill sandbags automatically through a ...

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Engineers and Moorhead city officials touted Friday why its sandbagging operations should be safer, cleaner and more effective. Two modified spider sandbagging machines will be put to use, with the ...

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Like several spots around Tampa Bay, Manatee County got sandbagged when Hurricane Irma blew into town. Workers were unable to keep up with demand for the protective pouches. There ...

Next week, Yellowstone County will crank up a contraption that can fill 5,000 sandbags an hour as it prepares for expected flooding from mountain snowmelt. The sandbagging machine, which resembles a ...

A "massive effort" to fill and stack more than 1 million sandbags in backyards and atop earthen dikes before March 28 gets under way today as Fargo prepares for a major flood. Moorhead, too, is ...