EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU, IL — A Southern Illinois community is still surrounded by water. Neighbors in East Cape Girardeau are keeping their homes dry using sandbags. With more rain on the way, they’re hoping the sandbags will hold off further flooding. Charles Curtis is...
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Rigaud resident says Quebec-made barrier saved home from flooding
As some Rigaud residents were assessing damage from another devastating Spring flood, Robert Bergeron and his wife were doing yard work at their waterfront home. “There was no damage at all on the property,” Bergeron told Global News. Bergeron said the 2017 floods...
Tiger Dam installed in Lemmon Valley
LEMMON VALLEY, Nev. (KOLO) - Just after noon on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, crews began another phase of installing the Tiger Dam along the west side of Swan Lake. The water-filled rubber tubes are sitting on private property that has avoided flood waters from the lake...
Washoe County Begins Installing New Barrier Along a Stretch of Northwest Swan Lake
Washoe County started installing a new barrier, called a tiger dam, in a small section along the northwest bank of Swan Lake in Lemmon Valley. The tiger dam is an inflatable tube filled with water and strapped to the ground to create a barrier. "They provide the same...