Warning Threshold News Today

>> sure. overnight one of our dams reached a threshold that requires us to implement an evacuation for anybody down street in the inundation area. fortunately, the level of the dam has since levelled out, and dropped below that warning threshold. these residents are able to return, but due to the volume of the water, theres still a lot of flooding in that area that may limit them from getting back to their residents. the good news is dam emergency has subsided. >> thats good news. it seems there...

Kahului two feet. our warning threshold is three feet. this was below the warning threshold, so its beginning to look like the evacuation may not have been necessary. >> but it was still a good precaution. >> well, yes, it was still a great precaution. and since everyone has evacuated, let us do the job and make sure its safe before we cancel. >> issued an evacuation effort based on the strength of the earthquake which was higher than you initially predicted, so that was above the threshold of w...