Local emergency officials in Nashville, Illinois earlier Tuesday had warned ... warning residents that "failure" of the Nashville City Reservoir Dam was imminent and urging affected residents ...

Flooding along E. St. Louis St. in Nashville, Illinois, near where a secondary dam spilled over at the city reservoir, on July 16, 2024. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat Heavy rain in ...

Jayette Bolinski, a spokesperson with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, said the Nashville City Reservoir Dam functioned the way it was supposed to function following heavy rain.

The Washington County Emergency Management Agency announced Tuesday morning that water overtopped the Nashville City ... Reservoir and the secondary dam. Highway flooding in Nashville, Illinois ...

Nashville – home to 3,105 people, according to the US Census Bureau – is in southeast Illinois, about 50 miles east of St. Louis. On July 26, 2022, a secondary dam on the city reservoir was ...

Illinois, evacuated after dam failure, water rescues in the area ongoing The 90-year-old Nashville City Reservoir dam is considered "high-hazard," indicating the severe potential impact a failure ...

NASHVILLE, Ill. -- After water overtopped a reservoir dam and forced residents of a small Illinois city to evacuate Tuesday morning amid fears the structure could rupture, local officials now say ...