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Related: About this forumThe Independent: Urgent evacuations as 'imminent' dam failure threatens severe flooding of homes and roads in Illinois
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/nashville-dam-failure-illinois-residents-evacuated-b2580820.htmlUrgent evacuations as imminent dam failure threatens severe flooding of homes and roads in Illinois
A secondary dam was also overtaken by flood waters
Graig Graziosi
39 minutes ago
The dam at the Nashville City Reservoir in Nashville, Illinois, is in "imminent" danger of failure, according to the Washington County Emergency Management Agency.
The agency has asked residents living near the dam to evacuate the area. City officials published a map showing which areas were most likely to be affected once the dam breaks, and has asked all within that area to move to safety, WHO13 reports.
The Failure of the Nashville dam is imminent. Please evacuate your home at this time. If you are in the grey box, you need [to] evacuate now! the agency said on Tuesday morning.
According to Darrah Sabo, deputy director of the WCEMA, some 3,000 people live in the evacuation zone.
A secondary dam was also overtaken by flood waters
Graig Graziosi
39 minutes ago
The dam at the Nashville City Reservoir in Nashville, Illinois, is in "imminent" danger of failure, according to the Washington County Emergency Management Agency.
The agency has asked residents living near the dam to evacuate the area. City officials published a map showing which areas were most likely to be affected once the dam breaks, and has asked all within that area to move to safety, WHO13 reports.
The Failure of the Nashville dam is imminent. Please evacuate your home at this time. If you are in the grey box, you need [to] evacuate now! the agency said on Tuesday morning.
According to Darrah Sabo, deputy director of the WCEMA, some 3,000 people live in the evacuation zone.
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The Independent: Urgent evacuations as 'imminent' dam failure threatens severe flooding of homes and roads in Illinois (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Jul 16
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AP: A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up
OKIsItJustMe
Jul 16
#1
More collapsing dams, bursting water pipes, collapsing bridges if Trump returns
Vogon_Glory
Jul 16
#2
OKIsItJustMe
(20,166 posts)1. AP: A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up
https://apnews.com/article/iowa-tornado-des-moines-weather-illinois-949aa0d324988c7920e2c16b2f7a2f60
A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up
BY MELISSA PEREZ WINDER, JIM SALTER AND ED WHITE
Updated 3:23 PM EDT, July 16, 2024
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.
Hundreds of thousands of people lost power, and even weather forecasters had to briefly scramble for safety. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell on a home Monday night.
We kind of heard a gust of wind that came up quick and we decided my uncle decided that wed all go into the basement, said Mihajlo Jevdosic, 16, in Norridge, Illinois, where residents swapped stories of the storm and watched a crew clear a tree. And as we went in the basement, we heard a big thump and the tree fell on the house.
Water overtopped a dam near Nashville, Illinois, and first responders fanned out to ensure everyone escaped safely. There were no reports of injuries in the community of 3,000, southeast of St. Louis, but a woman said she was in water up to her waist in her home, said Alex Haglund, a spokesperson for the Washington County Emergency Management Agency.
BY MELISSA PEREZ WINDER, JIM SALTER AND ED WHITE
Updated 3:23 PM EDT, July 16, 2024
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.
Hundreds of thousands of people lost power, and even weather forecasters had to briefly scramble for safety. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell on a home Monday night.
We kind of heard a gust of wind that came up quick and we decided my uncle decided that wed all go into the basement, said Mihajlo Jevdosic, 16, in Norridge, Illinois, where residents swapped stories of the storm and watched a crew clear a tree. And as we went in the basement, we heard a big thump and the tree fell on the house.
Water overtopped a dam near Nashville, Illinois, and first responders fanned out to ensure everyone escaped safely. There were no reports of injuries in the community of 3,000, southeast of St. Louis, but a woman said she was in water up to her waist in her home, said Alex Haglund, a spokesperson for the Washington County Emergency Management Agency.
Vogon_Glory
(9,352 posts)2. More collapsing dams, bursting water pipes, collapsing bridges if Trump returns
As we have seen not only while Donald John was in the White House, but while Dubya was swaggering around the White House and Chris Christie was governor of New Jersey, Republicans CANNOT be trusted to build or maintain infrastructure.