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Illinois dam fails, residents told to evacuate area
Thunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, overtopping a dam Tuesday in southern Illinois, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, and even sending weather forecasters scrambling for safety. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell onto a home.
'This was like a raging river': Homes in Nashville, Illinois, evacuated after dam failure
NASHVILLE, Ill. — People in parts of Nashville, Illinois, were told to evacuate their homes by emergency personnel due to a dam failure in the area Tuesday morning. The Washington County Emergency Management Agency posted a map highlighting the affected area, which included Nashville Grade School and Nashville High School. The agency said 299 phones were called to deliver the evacuation order, and about 200 homes were impacted.
Risk of Illinois dam breach is under control after once-in-a-century rainfall, officials say
(CNN) — After water overtopped a reservoir dam and forced residents of a small Illinois city to evacuate Tuesday morning amid fears the structure could rupture, local officials now say the situation is under control.
A dam fails in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest
CHICAGO — (AP) — A dam failed Tuesday near a small community in southern Illinois, sending first responders to the flooded area to make sure everyone got out safely, officials said. There were no reports of injuries in the community of Nashville, but emergency crews were sent to...
Illinois Town Evacuated After Heavy Rain Causes ‘Imminent’ Dam Failure
More reports of damage are continuing to come in from Monday night's storm that ripped across Illinois and Wisconsin, with one town being evacuated because of the threat of flash flooding. The National Weather Service has several Flash Flood Warnings in effect at the time this article was published, with...
Illinois town evacuated when reservoir dam topped after six inches of rain
(The Center Square) – Several inches of rain led to the evacuation of the south-central Illinois town of Nashville on Tuesday as water flowed over a nearby reservoir. “… the Nashville Reservoir dam was overtopped, flooding downstream and forcing an evacuation of residents in the affected area downstream,” according to a statement from the Washington County, Ill., Emergency Management Agency. The agency alerted residents of Nashville at 8:24 a.m. of...
A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up
CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled over the top of a dam, just one perilous result of severe weather that raged through the Midwest overnight with relentless rain and tornadoes and hit the Chicago area especially hard.
Residents of a small Illinois city ordered to evacuate amid warnings that dam could burst during once-in-a-century rainfall
CNN — Evacuations have been ordered for residents of Nashville, Illinois, with county emergency officials warning the dam for the city’s reservoir could rupture at any moment. “Attention the failure of the Nashville dam is imminent. Please evacuate your home at this time … you need evacuate now!”...
Residents ordered to 'evacuate now' amid imminent dam failure in Nashville, Illinois
Homes in a small city in southern Illinois, were told to evacuate Tuesday morning due to an imminent dam failure, local emergency responders reported. The evacuation was taking place in Nashville, in Washington County, about 55 miles southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. "Failure of the Nashville dam is imminent," a...
Nashville, Illinois dam failure is ‘imminent,’ residents told to evacuate
The failure of the dam for the Nashville City Reservoir is “imminent” and the Washington County Emergency Management Agency has asked residents near the dam to evacuate Tuesday morning. “Washington County is experiencing an emergency flood situation,” the agency said on Facebook as storms raked the metro-east. “Stay...
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