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 ...

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.

She said this came 20 minutes after a similar siren notified residents to evacuate due to the failure of the Tolt River Dam. “I grabbed my dogs, my cat, and I grabbed my brother's ashes, that ...

Four new outdoor and five new indoor sirens have been installed in Carnation as part of the new Tolt Dam Early Warning System. Seattle Public Utilities has completed the first phase of ...

Denver Water will forge ahead with construction on its $531 million project to raise Gross Dam despite the threat of ongoing litigation that could derail the massive reservoir expansion.

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...