The traditional means of flood prevention, such as sandbags and heavy metal boards, can be labor-intensive and often ...

Twenty years ago in Chicago, a small leak in an unused freight tunnel expanded beneath the Windy City and started a flood which eventually ... has developed an enormous inflatable cylinder ...

The MTA’s flood-prevention defense at the start of this ... Thursday that transit engineers are evaluating a 30-foot inflatable plug — placed in an unused No. 1 line subway tunnel near South ...

The "inflatable dam" is actually filled with water ... Texas, due to a severe flood. In an attempt to protect his home, local resident Randy Wagner purchased an "Aqua Dam" and installed it ...

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. - Pasco County Fire Rescue (PCFR) is significantly enhancing its swift water rescue capabilities with the ...

But last week was the first time the 63-year-old faced flood waters so high that her only way to work was to hitch a ride on an inflatable swan. Rude says the flood waters on her Katy, Texas ...