Oroville Dam Emergency Spillway Expected to Fail within the Hour

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So, it turns out all of that bedrock that made the Oroville Dam design so fail-safe is not going to stand in the way of Mother Nature.

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered, and the emergency spillway is expected to fail within the hour.

Flash flood warnings have been issued. This will affect Oroville all the way to Sacramento I assume.

Updates at: https://twitter.com/Oroville_Dam

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February 12, 2017 at 11:41AM