Dam fails in Illinois after heavy rain, tornadoes hit the Midwest [Video]

Thunderstorms with heavy rains and tornadoes rattled the Chicago area and elsewhere in the Midwest, overtopping a dam 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.Related video above: Frequent natural disasters raise homeowners insurance ratesWater overtopped a dam near Nashville, Illinois, sending first responders to the flooded area to make sure everyone got out safely, officials said. There were no reports of injuries in the community of 3,000 southeast of St. Louis, but crews were sent to a home where a woman reported water up to her waist, said Alex Haglund, a spokesperson for the Washington County Emergency Management Agency.Officials had earlier said about 300 people were in the evacuation zone near the Nashville City Reservoir. The rest of the town was not in imminent danger of flooding …