Meanings of stack sandbags in English

The provincial flood control headquarters said they have mobilised troops and police to increase patrols and stack sandbags around ponds and reservoirs.

Others stacked sandbags outside or waded through waist-high floods in the torrential rain.

Restaurants on the seaside drive pulled down their shutters and stacked sandbags against the storm.

Some built several rows of additional dry-stone walls to protect the site, others stacked sandbags six-foot-high.

Some restaurant owners also have stacked sandbags and tires on the beach in hopes of shoring up the sand.

US residents have stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and fled after as much as a foot of rain pushed rivers and creeks over their banks.