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The big orange tubes are filled with water to create heavy barriers to floodwaters and are getting used more often in Florida and in Jacksonville.© David Bauerlein/Florida Times-Union ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Sometimes the best way to fight water is with water. That's the concept behind inflatable devices called Tiger Dams, the big orange tube-shaped barriers designed to block ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has been touting the barriers after learning how they held off water during Hurricane Helene when placed around Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton and a fire station in Tampa.

The barriers — essentially enormous sandbags in reinforced frames — are intended to protect homes from a flood of the same magnitude as last year. But they are a temporary solution.

In anticipation of Hurricane Milton's storm surge, Tiger Dams, big tube-shaped barriers designed to block rising water, were placed at several streets at Jacksonville's Beaches where flooding has ...