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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.
Dam fails in Nashville trapping residents with hundreds warned to evacuate as water covers roads in Illinois
RESIDENTS received a chilling warning to evacuate their homes by emergency personnel on Tuesday due to dam failure. Water covered the roads in Nashville, Illinois after the dam failure, said emergency officials. "Attention The Failure of the Nashville dam is imminent," read a post from the Washington County Emergency Management...
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.
Amid heavy rainfall in southern Illinois, Nashville dam system breached; hundreds evacuated
NASHVILLE, Ill. – Two days of heavy rainfall caused water to overflow and breach the dams of Nashville’s city reservoir on Tuesday, resulting in extensive flooding and the evacuation of about 200 people from their homes in the small southern Illinois town of about 3,000 residents. Initially described...
Illinois Residents Ordered To Evacuate As Dam Failure 'Imminent'
Residents in Nashville, Illinois, living near to a dam have been ordered to evacuate because it is at risk of "failure". In a social media post, Washington County IL Emergency Management Agency, said: "Attention The Failure of the Nashville dam is imminent. Please evacuate your home at this time. If you are in the grey box [risk zone], you need evacuate now!"
Nashville IL Dam Fails In Heavy Rains
With a great deal of rain falling this morning through the region, Nashville, IL, experienced a dam break. The dam failure was first noted around 9:30 AM and residents were urged to evacuate their homes immediately. At 9:45 AM a secondary dam failure was reported and the Washington County Emergency Management Agency noted the area was overtopped with flood waters. They shared a graphic of a particular region that needed to be evacuated.
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...
Flooding prompts evacuations across the St. Louis region
NASHVILLE, Ill. (First Alert 4) - Heavy rain across the St. Louis region prompted evacuations across the St. Louis region Tuesday. Around 9 a.m. the Emergency Management Agency in Washington County, Illinois, reported that a secondary dam had failed but is designed to do so with high water levels. The department noted that the primary dam had not failed, but had overtopped with water.
Walter Moats
Walter Moats, 70 of Centralia, passed away June 30, 2024. He was born in Sherman, Illinois to Silas Willard and Alice Marie (Garrett) Moats. He is survived by a son, Justin W. Moats and wife, Valerie, of Salem and a daughter, Angela Gibson and husband, Jerry of Centralia; her brother: John Moats of Springfield, Illinois; sisters, Sherry Edwards of Springfield, Illinois, Marty Cody of Springfield, and Juliann McCallister of Virden, Illinois; grandchildren, Karena Renae Gaul, Kyle Scott Lipscomb, Kayleigh Anne Edwards-Moats, Karter Michael Edwards-Moats, Alexis Moats and Silas Moats; four great-grandchildren and one on the way.
Hundreds of Nashville, Illinois, residents evacuated after heavy rain and dam failures
Residents in Nashville, Illinois, roughly 55 miles southeast of St. Louis, evacuated their homes after the failure of Nashville's two dams following a deluge of rain. About 200 homes received an evacuation order around 8:30 Tuesday morning, warning them that the failure of the city-owned earthen dam was “imminent.” The city reservoir overtopped one structure – a second at the site broke as intended.
Nashville Reservoir Dam Fails; Stay-at-home order in place
NASHVILLE, IL — A stay-at-home order has been announced for all Nashville residents as the heavy rain continues to bring flash flooding and other issues to our area. The Nashville Reservoir Dam and Secondary Dam have failed and residents in the flood path are asked to evacuate as soon as possible.
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