Marion church shelters flood victims in town
The First Church of God in Marion opened its doors to shelter more than a dozen residents displaced by rising floodwaters on the southeast end of town. Rev. Mike Ebert said the church would provide meals and remain open at least another night as Red Cross volunteers assisted with breakfast and lunch for 17 occupants.
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Church of God
Ebert
Chad Syner
Milcah
Liberty Street
Syner
Red Cross
Dennis Laake
Carterville
Nancy Jackson
Carbondale
Laake
Marion flood leaves residents clinging to boats
Kathy Buckingham, 63, and her daughter evacuated by boat as floodwaters overtopped a levee in Marion. Firefighters warned they would return with more boats while police escorted residents to safety at a nearby church. Buckingham laments losing most possessions and health strains amid the surge. Rhonda Buckingham, also affected, expressed shock and concern for antiques and belongings.
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Kathy Buckingham
Buckingham
Marion
Disabled veteran rescues residents in Harrisburg flood
In Harrisburg Century Estates on Small Street volunteers rescue residents as flooding submerges Sloan Street and roads to Medical Center. Joe Russell of Carrier Mills, a disabled veteran, arrived around 4 30 am with a boat to save his mother and more than a dozen others. He ran on foot when fuel ran out and continued aiding women and children. Hospitals divert patients to Heartland Regional in Marion and Ferrell in Eldorado due to high water.
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Harrisburg
Century Estates
Machelle Mays
Joe Russell
Carrier Mills
Russell
Sloan
Harrisburg Medical Center
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Marion
Ferrell Hospital
Eldorado
Rainfall devastates Southern Illinois with record floods
Union Saline and Jefferson counties faced the heaviest flooding as rain totals ranged from eight to eleven inches across the area. Carbondale may exceed its 2000 March rainfall record of 10.9 inches while rescue efforts continued in Franklin Gallatin counties with evacuations and sandbagging underway.
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Union County
Harrisburg
Smith
Jefferson County
Saline County
Carbondale
Illinois
Royalton Flood Traps Woman as Water Sweeps Town
Royalton crews and volunteers battled rising floodwaters that chased residents from homes on North Lincoln Street. Mayor N Burt Lancaster blamed mine reclamation changing water flow and said the drain system could not keep up. IDNR plans a north mine pond control gate but has not started work.
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Ross
Lincoln Street
Royalton
N. Burt Lancaster
Main Street
Village Hall
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