With the dam intact, it seems that those who live downstream have reached their breaking point. “You basically have 40 minutes before your entire life is gone,” Russ Foley said.

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 ...

Seattle Public Utilities controls the Tolt Dam. The reservoir provides drinking water to 500,000 people in Seattle and its surrounding areas but not Carnation.

CARNATION, Wash. — Carnation residents who live downstream of the Tolt River Dam say they are fed up with false alarms from the dam's emergency system. A group of those impacted took a trip to ...

“The Tolt Dam remains safe. SPU monitors it 24/7, 365 days a year, and following the March 27 unplanned sounding, we have increased daily inspections.

Following another false alarm, Carnation leaders are preparing to sue the city of Seattle and call on federal regulators to decommission the Tolt River Dam.

CARNATION, Wash. — The city of Carnation experienced two more false dam breach alarms Wednesday, marking the eighth time a false evacuation alarm has sounded in four years. The Tolt Dam, which ...

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.

Ian Dewar/Alamy A pedestrian evacuation sign points the way to an escape in case of a failure of the Tolt Dam in Carnation By CNN Newsource September 1, 2023 8:54 pm Published September 1, 2023 6: ...

The alarm system in Carnation, about 30 miles east of Seattle near the confluence of the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers, is intended to alert residents to evacuate if the Tolt Dam fails.