A state of emergency was declared in a small city in Washington state this week after a warning system for a dam protecting the city from being flooded by a reservoir falsely went off a fourth ...

Tolt Reservoir and Morning Glory Spillway. False alarms signaling dam failure have sounded several times since 2020. City of Seattle. The money would go toward projects that benefit the City of ...

The alarms should signal that the Tolt Dam has failed, giving residences an hour to evacuate the area before it floods. However, false alarms have sounded six times over the last three years with ...

Then, on July 28, 2020 — a Tuesday — the alarm sounded for 38 minutes. Hughes was on her porch. “It was distinctively saying, ‘The Tolt Dam has failed,’ which was chilling,” she said.

This is not something the residents of Carnation, a town downriver of the Tolt Reservoir, are taking lightly—should the dam break, they’re promised “catastrophic damage.” ...

Carnation is 16 miles downstream from the Tolt Dam, which is owned and operated by Seattle Public Utilities. In the unlikely event of a breech, the city could be totally flooded in about an hour.

A state of emergency was declared in a small city in Washington state this week after a warning system for a dam protecting the city from being flooded by a reservoir falsely went off a fourth ...

Carnation residents came face to face with Seattle Public Utilities to air their grievances over panic-inducing false alarms they’ve experienced over the last few years. The alarms should signal ...

(CNN) — A state of emergency was declared in a small city in Washington state this week after a warning system for a dam protecting the city from being flooded by a reservoir falsely went off a ...

(CNN) — A state of emergency was declared in a small city in Washington state this week after a warning system for a dam protecting the city from being flooded by a reservoir falsely went off a ...