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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. One woman was unable to evacuate and was trapped in her home until she was assisted by first responders, according to Alex Haglund, spokesperson for the Washington County Emergency Management Agency. The water in the woman's home was waist-high.
' Haglund confirmed that evacuation orders reached 299 phones, while Washington County residents outside the evacuation area, including himself, were advised to stay home and avoid travel. “Currently, we have a lot of other flooding that’s not related to the dam, and that has made it so that there are no major road routes that are consistently accessible in our county,” said Haglund.
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