California state water managers will resume releasing water down a damaged spillway at Oroville Dam

Dale Kolke / California Department of Water Resources via Reuters OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — With stormy weather approaching, state water managers announced Thursday they will resume releasing water down a damaged spillway at the nation’s tallest dam. The badly eroded main spillway at California’s Oroville Dam hasn’t been used since March 27. Workers have been […]

California Town Given One Hour to Evacuate Before Dam Spillway Collapses [Updating]

Photo: AP “This [is] NOT A Drill. This [is] NOT A Drill. This [is] NOT A Drill,” the Butte County Sheriff’s Department wrote on Facebook Sunday afternoon, urging residents of Oroville, California to evacuate immediately. “Officials are anticipating a failure of the Auxiliary Spillway at Oroville Dam within the next 60 minutes,” wrote the California […]

Ecological threats loom amid rising Calif. reservoir, damaged spillway at tallest US dam

A damaged spillway that diverts overflow from a major California reservoir has authorities preparing to use a forested emergency spill route if Lake Oroville continues to rise. A salmon hatchery below the dam is currently at risk, officials say. Rising levels of Northern California’s Lake Oroville, a reservoir contained by the Oroville Dam, the largest […]