Meanings of place sandbags in English

Relief groups were working to improve drainage and help the communities to place sandbags around their shelters.

Closer to the waterfront, Mark Huske was placing sandbags along the windows of an architect's office.

In Morgan City to the south, workers were reinforcing levees and placing sandbags along the Atchafalaya River.

Hundreds of volunteers and National Guard troops are placing sandbags to stop flood waters and raise the height of levees.

He recalls the waves coming in through yesterday morning when neighbours began placing sandbags and moving cars and boats to avoid large-scale damage.

They would fall on fifteen or twenty Japanese sappers on the top of their trenches placing sandbags, and then the flash would disappear.