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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.
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.
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.
RAW: IL: FLOODING AFTER DAM FAILS IN NASHVILLE, IL
People in parts of Nashville, Illinois, were told to evacuate their homes by emergency personnel due to a dam failure in the area. THE-CNN-WIRE (TM) & © 2024 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., A TIME WARNER COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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...
Residents ordered to evacuate after Nashville, Ill. dam failure
Residents in Nashville, Illinois have been advised to evacuate their homes due to flood damage at the Nashville dam, and the National Weather Service has upgraded the flash flood warning to a considerable flash flood.
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.
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