Inflatable flood protection barriers were set up in Lower Manhattan on Monday as New York City officials are preparing for any possible storm surge from Tropical Storm Isaias.

Locals protesting $8K payment for temporary flood barriers told rejection may endanger permanent fix. Feds providing barriers free, but more help in danger if locals won’t pay to install them ...

Temporary flood barriers are being set up in Lower Manhattan in preparation for a possible storm surge from Tropical Storm Isaias, which is expected to dump several inches of wind-swept rain on ...

Southwest Philadelphia's flood-prone Eastwick neighborhood will get temporary HESCO barriers built to protect the low-lying community from water damage during heavy rain. The U.S. Army Corps of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Crews in San Francisco are preparing for heavy rain by deploying temporary interlocking flood barriers along 17th and Folsom Streets. It's a notoriously low lying area.

Jun. 3—JUNEAU — Over the past few months, contractors in Juneau have been constructing roughly 2 miles of temporary barriers, in hopes that they will protect against a glacial flooding ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – In anticipation of heavy rain, one San Francisco neighborhood is getting some protection against flooding. The city is installing temporary flood barriers along a few ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa -- A temporary flood barrier was being put back up along River Drive in Davenport. Crews began installing the barriers Thursday morning, May 23, in response to the latest forecast ...

HESCO barriers, which ringed many U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, ... Over the past week, similar barriers have been set up in Iowa as temporary flood walls.

The barriers, made by a company called HESCO, are basically massive heavy-duty sandbags in metal baskets. They’re used for flood fighting across the nation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...