One Brown County machine is working overtime heading into spring, in an effort to provide neighbors with a tool to keep the water at bay. “I think we've made a little over 10,000 [sandbags] now, and ...

COMING UP TIME WHEN I SEE. OKAY, CAM, THANK YOU TRACKING PREPARING AND BEING READY. TAKE ACTION AS IDALIA MOVES NORTH TOWARDS FLORIDA. WHILE THE MODELS TEND TO TAKE THE STORM INTO THE BIG BEND REGION, ...

Automatic sandbag machines are now able to help residents with storm preparation in locations in Polk County. The machines arrived to the following six locations with the county: MulberryLakeland Fort ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Counties and cities across the Tampa Bay area have started opening up sandbag locations ahead of Hurricane Idalia’s arrival. In some spots, you might still have to fill your own bags.

The Boone County Office of Emergency Management is upping its flood preparedness after the purchase of two new sandbag machines. The office plans to hold two public demonstration next month in ...

HARDY, Ark. (KY3) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is helping communities in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas prepare for devastating flooding. The Corps and volunteers filled sandbags using ...

In 2025, the M.D. budgeted $90,000 for flood mitigation and prevention, said the written report. Of this, $78,730 is left. One of the ideas which came up in the 2026 capital budget deliberations was a ...

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) has expanded statewide flood response capabilities with the distribution of five additional high-capacity sandbagging machines through ...

MOORHEAD - Moorhead's new sandbag factory ran into several hitches this morning, including a broken roller on a conveyer machine that forced one of two spider sandbag machines to shut down. Chad ...

Wednesday was a brighter day for Moorhead sandbag production, which was plagued in its first couple of days by technical problems. Both of the city's spider sandbag-making machines were 100 percent ...

RED WING, Minn. - In early March, Corps staff filled sandbags at Lock and Dam 3 near Red Wing, Minnesota, in anticipation of spring flooding. With water predicted to rise above the lockwall, personnel ...