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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...