Train derails at Illinois village; residents ordered to evacuate
Officials of an Illinois village are urging residents to evacuate following a train derailment on Thursday. According to local news, the incident happened in Matteson, about 30 miles from Chicago, and ... > react
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Risk of Illinois dam breach is under control after once-in-a-century rainfall, officials say
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- Nashville
- I-64
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- Jul 16, 2024 3:52pm
64On July 26, 2022, a secondary dam on the city reservoir was breached after over four inches of rain fell near Nashville in less than 12 hours, causing a 6-foot breach and flooding nearly 40 acres of ... Read More
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Risk of Dam Failure Prompts Evacuation in Illinois
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- Nashville
- I-64
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- Jul 16, 2024 1:17pm
64Residents of about 200 homes in Nashville, Ill., were told to evacuate on Tuesday amid the risk of a dam failure. St. Louis was under a flash flood warning as the rain continued across state lines. Read More
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At least 5 tornadoes touched down in Chicago area Monday night, including 1 in the city: NWS
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- IL-5 NEAR CHICAGO
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- Jul 16, 2024 1:03pm
The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that at least five tornadoes touched down in the Chicagoland area Monday night during a powerful severe weather event. Read More
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Residents evacuated in Nashville, Illinois after dam overtops and floods amid heavy rainfall
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- E-route-1000-n
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- Jul 16, 2024 12:33pm
The Nashville City Reservoir Dam in southern Illinois overtopped and flooded Tuesday after officials warned of an "imminent" dam failure. Read More
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Rebuild Illinois is paying off with safer roads and a better economy
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- 200 E Lincoln Hwy
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- Jul 16, 2024 12:30pm
and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported a significant decline in the rate of accidents resulting in injuries per vehicle miles traveled. Rebuild Illinois has also put ... Read More
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Dam near failure in Illinois after heavy rains, tornadoes sweep the Midwest
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- Chicago
- I-55
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- Jul 16, 2024 12:20pm
55A dam near the town of Nashville, Ill., was in imminent danger of failure after heavy rain. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell onto a home as storms hit the Midwest. CHICAGO (AP) - ... Read More
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Section of I-64 named for Wayne Co. Deputy Sean Riley
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- Caseyville
- I-64
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- Jul 16, 2024 12:02pm
64WAYNE CO., Ill. (WFIE) - A section of I-64 in southern Illinois is now called the Sean Riley Memorial Highway. Sean Riley is the Wayne County Deputy shot and killed in the line of duty back in ... Read More
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Flooding prompts evacuations across the St. Louis region
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- Caseyville
- I-64
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- Jul 16, 2024 11:56am
64Heavy rain across the St. Louis region prompted evacuations across the St. Louis region Tuesday.Around 9 a.m. the Emergency Management Agency in Washington County, Illinois, reported that a secondary ... Read More
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Flooding wallops southern Illinois, prompts evacuations
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- I-64
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- Jul 16, 2024 11:36am
64Torrential rainfall and '?impending'? dam failures prompted evacuation orders amid flooding in southern Illinois. Authorities caution more flooding possible. Read More
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Southern Illinois dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. Hundreds ordered to evacuate.
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- IL-120
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- Jul 16, 2024 11:32am
Severe storms in the Midwest have overtopped a dam in southern Illinois and left the Chicago area cleaning up. Read More
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Urgent evacuations as 'imminent' dam failure threatens severe flooding of homes and roads in Illinois
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- IL-180
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- Jul 16, 2024 11:14am
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 ... Read More
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Flooding in Nashville, Illinois
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- Nashville
- I-64
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- Jul 16, 2024 11:05am
64The last set of cars drives through flooding on Illinois State Route 127, south of Interstate 64, before police shut down the road in Nashville, Ill. on Tuesday, July 16, ... Read More
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- Jul 16, 2024 11:02am
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 ... Read More
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Numerous road closures caused by St. Louis region flooding
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- US 41
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- Jul 16, 2024 10:58am
41Floodwaters across the St. Louis and Metro East region forced numerous high-trafficked roads to close Tuesday.Below are the confirmed closures we know about so far.MoDOT closed the inside lanes of ... Read More
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- Jul 16, 2024 10:54am
Heavy rain across the St. Louis region prompted evacuations across the St. Louis region Tuesday.Around 9 a.m. the Emergency Management Agency in Washington County, Illinois, reported that a secondary ... Read More
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VIDEOS: Widespread flooding in Nashville, Illinois after dam failure
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- Fox River Grove
- IL-22
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- Jul 16, 2024 10:47am
NASHVILLE, Ill. - Emergency officials have ordered evacuations Tuesday in Nashville, Illinois after widespread flooding due to concerns with the Nashville dam. Video from FOX 2 news crews show ... Read More
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Edwardsville, Glen Carbon under flash flood warning
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- IL-34
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- Jul 16, 2024 10:43am
The national weather service has issued a flash flood warning for southwestern Madison County, Monroe, and St Clair Counties on . Read More
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A dam fails after rain, wind, tornadoes pound the Midwest. The Chicago area is cleaning up
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- Chicago
- I-94
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- Jul 16, 2024 10:39am
94Severe storms in the Midwest have overtopped a dam in southern Illinois and left the Chicago area cleaning up. Officials say a reservoir dam failed near the Illinois community of ... Read More
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- Jul 16, 2024 10:35am
Thunderstorms with heavy rains and possible tornadoes rattled the Chicago area, toppling a large tree onto a home in suburban Norridge. (AP Video: Teresa Crawford) Read More