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Watch: Drone footage of flooding in Nashville, Illinois, after a dam failed. July 16, 2024 at 10:38 AM.
Two failures of the Nashville Reservoir dam in Illinois amidst intense flooding Tuesday have led officials to urge residents in nearly 300 homes to evacuate.
On 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 ...
On July 16, heavy rainfall attributed to the now-weakened derecho the previous night threatened to overtop the Nashville City Reservoir Dam, which prompted the evacuation of 200 homes in Nashville, Illinois. First responders working with Washington County emergency management assisted a resident unable to evacuate initially. [2]
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The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]
A secondary dam was also overtaken by flood waters. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
See also: Oroville Dam crisis: Kakhovka Dam: Kherson Oblast Ukraine (occupied by Russia) Breached during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The destruction of the dam led to tens of thousands of people being in a flood zone and more than 50 deaths. 2023: See also: Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam: Bargi hydroelectric power station: Camugnano Italy