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‘Imminent’ failure of dam in Nashville, Ill. sparks evacuations
Emergency crews are racing to evacuate residents in Nashville, Ill. after a series of dam breaches in the area. “Attention The Failure of the Nashville dam is imminent,” the Washington County Emergency Management Agency warned in a Facebook post Tuesday. “Please evacuate your home at this time.” The order included a map, highlighting the neighborhoods that are most at risk. Officials also ...
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.
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...
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.
Cause of Nashville dam 'failure' revealed by top Illinois water official
NASHVILLE, Ill — Some residents of Nashville, Illinois, were forced to flee their homes and navigate flooded roads after alerts about an "imminent failure" of the nearby Nashville City Reservoir dam. "Failure" was perhaps too harsh of a word to describe what the dam did Tuesday morning, according to...
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.
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.
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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.
Heavy rain in Nashville, Illinois causes dam overflow and evacuations
Heavy rain in a small town in Southern Illinois caused a dam to overflow, flooding roads and homes. Nashville, Illinois, a small town about over hour east of St. Louis, was under flash flood warnings for most of Tuesday. Over a half foot of rain came down on Washington County....
2024 07/20 – Terry Lee Rightnowar
Terry Lee Rightnowar, 73, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 3:00 am July 16, 2024, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. He was born August 12, 1950, in Jefferson County, Illinois to the late Willard A. and Ruth (Burton) Rightnowar. Terry is survived by his sister,...
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