It was a simple idea, born out of necessity during the 1997 flood: two oversized funnels set side by side, designed for filling sandbags in rapid fashion. The earliest prototypes were jury-rigged with ...

As the year’s abnormally high snowpack begins to melt and water levels rise, elected officials continue urging residents to stay aware and take precautions to protect themselves and their property. On ...

SALINE COUNTY (KATV) — In response to a verbal disaster emergency declared by Saline County Judge Matt Brumley, a sandbagging operation continues on Thursday as the community prepares for potential ...

MAYVILLE, N.D. — As temperatures warm and snow begins to melt, towns in the northern Red River Valley and surrounding region have started to prepare for high water. In Mayville, North Dakota, ...

With heavy rains forecast to return to Central Florida soon, the city of Winter Springs is opening a self-serve sandbagging site for Seminole County residents. According to a news release from the ...

CAVALIER, N.D. — Residents of Cavalier and volunteers from the region worked Sunday to fill and place sandbags as the nearby Tongue River rapidly rose, prompting the community’s mayor to request some ...

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 ...

During my childhood, Uncle Remus stories were still quite popular, and so Br'er Rabbit and the tar baby is a story familiar to many of my generation. It’s a clever illustration of the idea of ...