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Illinois dam fails, residents told to evacuate area
NASHVILLE, Ill. (KTVI) – 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.
Evacuations Ordered After Dam Overflows in Southern Illinois
CHICAGO (NEWSnet/AP) — Hundreds of people in the southern Illinois town of Nashville were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as stormwater rolled over the top of a dam. The scenario was among the impacts of severe weather that raged through Midwest Monday night into Tuesday, bringing relentless rain and tornadoes.
Residents evacuated in Nashville, Illinois after dam overtops and floods amid heavy rainfall
Homes in a small city in southern Illinois, were evacuated Tuesday morning when a nearby dam overtopped and flooded as heavy rain swamped the area. Local emergency officials in Nashville, Illinois earlier Tuesday had warned of an "imminent" dam failure after heavy rain hit the area overnight. Evacuations were completed...
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Washington County EMA Evacuates Residents After Reservoir Dam Overtopped
NASHVILLE – Following extensive rainfall on the night of July 15-16, 2024, the Nashville Reservoir dam was overtopped, resulting in downstream flooding and the evacuation of residents in the affected areas. Washington County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and first responders worked through the early hours to evacuate those at...
More than 200 homes evacuated due to flooding amid Nashville, Ill., dam failure
NASHVILLE, Ill. — Heavy rain caused flash flooding throughout southern Illinois. In less than 24 hours, the city of Nashville documented six inches of rain — that's located between Mount Vernon and St. Louis. The rainfall caused a dam at the Nashville Reservoir to fail, overflowing with floodwater....
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.
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 is near failure in Illinois after heavy rains and tornadoes sweep the Midwest
CHICAGO — (AP) — A dam near the town of Nashville in southern Illinois was in imminent danger of failure Tuesday after heavy rain, officials said. Some of Nashville’s 3,000 residents were evacuating, according to a Facebook post from the Washington County Emergency Management Agency. Darrah Sabo,...
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...
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