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  2. Protect Your Home From Water Damage With These 5 Flood ... - AOL

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    This program provides policyholders with up to $1,000 to purchase loss avoidance supplies like tarps and sandbags and up to $1,000 to move property to safety in the event of a flood. Make sure to ...

  3. L.A. prepares for debris flows, slides in major rainstorm ...

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    Crews have also put out sandbags and compost filter socks — a type of berm — and other items in fire zones to filter debris and prevent it from flowing into storm drains and out into the ocean ...

  4. Thousands told to evacuate in L.A. as storms raises fears ...

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    A statewide response has placed almost 120 miles of barriers around Southern California to prevent flooding and stop rain runoff and debris from burn scars entering rivers and lakes. This huge ...

  5. Sandbag - Wikipedia

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    Properly stacked sandbags [2] are an effective deterrent against damaging flood waters. Sandbags can be used to build levees, barricades, dikes and berms to limit erosion from flooding. Sandbags can also be used to fortify existing flood control structures and limit the effects of sand boils. Sandbag structures do not prevent water seepage and ...

  6. Flood barrier - Wikipedia

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    A flood barrier, surge barrier or storm surge barrier is a specific type of floodgate, designed to prevent a storm surge or spring tide from flooding the protected area behind the barrier. A surge barrier is almost always part of a larger flood protection system consisting of floodwalls , levees (also known as dikes), and other constructions ...

  7. AquaFence - Wikipedia

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    AquaFence is a reusable temporary flood and hurricane barrier made by the Norwegian manufacturer AquaFence. It is an alternative to other temporary floodwater control such as sandbags and to the building of permanent seawalls .