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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

DANBURY -- With Hurricane Irene heading toward a possible weekend collision with Southern New England, Danbury's Public Works Department on Wednesday received a sandbagging machine. "These machines ...

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ST. GABRIEL — About 20 trusties at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center were manning two partially automated sandbagging machines late Friday morning at the rear of the huge state prison complex in ...