Illinois Residents Ordered To Evacuate As Dam Failure 'Imminent'

Residents in Nashville, Illinois, living near to a dam have been ordered to evacuate because it is at risk of "failure"

A local community center in Nashville is open for shelter for residents living near the Nashville City Reservoir and in the surrounding area.

In a social media post, Washington County IL Emergency Management Agency, said: "Attention The Failure of the Nashville dam is imminent. Please evacuate your home at this time. If you are in the grey box [risk zone], you need to evacuate now!"

The Washington County Emergency Management Agency said the failure occurred after over 5 inches of rainfall. Officials also confirmed on Facebook that a local nursing home will not be evacuated at this time.
Evacuation warnings were issued Tuesday morning, with officials going door-to-door to assist locals.
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Illinois Residents Ordered To Evacuate As Dam Failure 'Imminent'

Residents within the designated "grey box" risk zone near the dam have been told to evacuate their homes immediately.

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ing for residents in Illinois, and I know mattfivefour lives in Illinois.

 

[mattfivefour]

Nashville, Illinois is well south of us. In fact it is Southeast of St Louis. The dam did overtop, along with a secondary dam. Many houses were flooded. One person needed to be rescued from her house, but there were no fatalities. I read that hundreds are in emergency shelters. We need to pray for those people. Not sure whether they had flood insurance. But it will be a huge mess to clean up for many of them when they get to return home.