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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...
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!”...
Rain caused ‘secondary failure’ of Nashville City Reservoir dam. What does that mean?
Heavy rain in southwestern Illinois on Tuesday caused what’s known as a “secondary failure” of the dam at the Nashville City Reservoir, allowing water to spill out and causing a portion of the town to be evacuated. It’s what is designed to happen during emergencies, the Washington...
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.
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.
A dam is near failure in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest
CHICAGO — (AP) — Thunderstorms with heavy rains and possible tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, leaving a dam near failure 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.
Franklin County Government Breaks Ground on New Emergency Operations and Communications Center
BENTON – Tuesday’s storms forced Franklin County government officials to move groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Emergency Operations and Communications Center at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Benton indoors. Currently, there are five emergency communications centers in Franklin County that receive, process and handle emergency and...
'The failure of the Nashville dam is imminent,' Washington County IL EMA says
NASHVILLE, IL — In the midst of a flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service, Washington County Emergency Management Agency posted to Facebook that the Nashville City Reservoir dam's failure is imminent. They said that there was a secondary dam failure as the area has been overtopped...
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