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The Independent: Urgent evacuations as 'imminent' dam failure threatens severe flooding of homes and roads in Illinois [View all]
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.
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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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