The Tolt Reservoir and Dam are located 16 miles upstream from Carnation along the South Fork Told River, and supply about 30 percent of the drinking water for 1.3 million people in the Seattle ...

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, Wash. — The Tolt River Dam warning system, designed to warn of a breach in the earthen dam holding back the Tolt reservoir, has not sounded three times during tests in the past ...

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 ...

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 ...

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(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 ...

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 ...