Thunderstorms with heavy rains and possible tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, leaving a dam near failure Tuesday in southern Illinois, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, and even sending weather forecasters scrambling for safety. A woman in Indiana died after a tree fell onto a home.
A dam near the town of Nashville, population 3,000, was in imminent danger of failure after heavy rain, officials said.Darrah Sabo, deputy director of the Washington County Emergency Management Agency, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that about 300 residents live in the zone that is under evacuation orders. The homes are near the Nashville City Reservoir, about 55 miles southeast of St. Louis.The National Weather Service said 5-7 inches of rain fell over an eight-hour period.
The weather service confirmed a tornado hit Des Moines, Iowa, as storms rolled through Monday afternoon and into the night. Police responded to calls about utility poles that snapped in two.The storms then moved east into northern Illinois and the Chicago area, which saw tornado warnings and drenching rain. Tornadoes were reported along the line of storms that moved through the city, according to the weather service, though staff were still trying to confirm them Tuesday.
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