PIERRE PART - The water is drying up and life is finally getting back to normal for folks hit by high water in Assumption Parish. "The water has gone down drastically," homeowner Linda Gaudet said. Gaudet's backyard is lined with bright orange Tiger Dams to keep the...
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Flooded East Cape Girardeau prepares for more rain
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...
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...
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...