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Imminent dam failure, flash flooding prompt evacuations in southern Illinois

At least one person was killed Monday night when a powerful and destructive derecho plowed across the Midwest, bringing hurricane-force wind gusts and tornadoes to the Chicago area that toppled trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers.

NASHVILLE, Ill.— Emergency officials said residents in some neighborhoods of Nashville, Illinois, are being urged to evacuate after a nearby dam is imminently failing.

Recent heavy rains triggered Flash Flood Warnings in the region Tuesday morning, and

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An estimated 200 homes were evacuated after heavy rains caused a dam in Nashville, Illinois, to overtop and flood some neighborhoods downstream. FOX Weather correspondent Robert Ray reports. July 16, 2024.

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NASHVILLE, Ill.— Around 200 homes in Nashville, Illinois ^[2], were evacuated Tuesday after emergency officials warned of a nearby dam that was on the verge of failing.However, officials stress, the dam is holding strong.

"There was not a

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A powerful and deadly derecho blasted across the Midwest on Monday with hurricane-force wind gusts that uprooted trees, ripped roofs from buildings and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of utility customers.

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Welcome to the Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather.It’s Tuesday, July 16, 2024.Start your day with everything you need to know about today's weather.You can also get a quick briefing on national, regional, and local weather ^[2] whenever you

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A video recorded by FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray shows Chicago being blasted by damaging wind gusts and torrential rain as a powerful and deadly derecho swept across the Midwest on Monday.

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CHICAGO – A destructive derecho hit the Midwest on Monday night ^[2], tearing through parts of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

WHAT IS A DERECHO?^[3]

Tragically, a 44-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her home in Cedar Lake, Indiana.

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A cold front is going to be draped across the Upper Midwest stretching back into the Plains starting on Tuesday. Along the front and out ahead of it, the FOX Forecast Center will be tracking a wide coverage of thunderstorms and potentially flooding rains for most of this week.

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A severe weather ^[2] threat that brought extensive damage to the upper Midwest and Great Lakes on Monday shifts to the Northeast ^[3] on Tuesday, where strong storms could cause damaging winds ^[4] and flooding ^[5].

The FOX Forecast Center said strong to

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CHICAGO – A deadly and destructive derecho^[2] blasted across the Midwest^[3] on Monday packing hurricane^[4]-force wind^[5] gusts and tornadoes^[6] that caused extensive damage to communities along a nearly 500-mile-long path extending from Iowa^[7] to

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Security video from a Chicago home shows a tornado-warned storm rip through Gage Park on Sunday night. Up to 70 winds caused damages across Chicagoland on Sunday.

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CHICAGO – Severe thunderstorms ripped through Chicagoland on Sunday evening, with damaging winds ^[2] up to 70 mph and a possible tornado ^[3] tearing through a Chicago ^[4] neighborhood.

Security video recorded in Gage Park on Sunday night shows a suspected

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CHICAGO – Severe thunderstorms ripped through Chicagoland on Sunday evening, with damaging winds ^[2] up to 70 mph and a tornado ^[3] tearing through a Chicago ^[4] neighborhood.

Security video recorded in Gage Park on Sunday night shows the tornado roaring

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About half of the U.S. is covered in wildfire smoke due to numerous fires burning across the western half of the country.

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TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST, Calif.- Fire crews in California ^[2] have been busy working to contain and extinguish numerous wildfires ^[3] that erupted over the weekend after more than 100 lightning ^[4] strikes were reported inside Tahoe National Forest in just

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Tens of millions of people in the Midwest are again facing a severe weather risk after powerful storms blasted across the region over the weekend.

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CHICAGO – The new workweek is getting off to a stormy start in the Midwest ^[2] as tens of millions of people across the region face the risk of severe weather ^[3] for the third-straight day, with cities such as Chicago ^[4] and Milwaukee ^[5] bracing

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Imminent dam failure, flash flooding prompt evacuations in southern Illinois

Fears of dam failure, flash flooding prompt evacuations in southern Illinois

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