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9:40 p.m. California’s water agency says the Oroville Dam’s water level continues to decrease but it hasn’t said by how much.
They are trying to sure up the emergency spillway and decrease water levels at Oroville Dam before Thursday’s expected rainfall. To avoid flooding, the water level needs to decrease 50 ft.
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Water levels dropped Monday at California’s Lake Oroville, stopping water from spilling over a massive dam’s potentially hazardous emergency spillway after ...
Study finds six major U.S. dams face rising overtopping risk amid aging infrastructure and intensifying storms, threatening ...
Lake Oroville at 100 percent capacity on June 15, 2023, in Oroville, California. Last month, the lake saw one of the biggest water-level changes the reservoir has ever experienced in November.
OROVILLE (KRON)—The Department of Water Resources has increased the outflow of the Oroville Dam from 55,000 cubic feet per second to 60,000 cubic feet per second Sunday afternoon.
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is set to begin using the Oroville Dam’s main spillway for flood control releases Monday morning at 10 a.m.With ongoing ...
When the Oroville Dam spillway cracked open during a record storm, it exposed deep flaws in both design and oversight. This breakdown details how uplift forces, poorly anchored concrete, and ...
OROVILLE, Calif. — Water levels dropped Monday at California's Lake Oroville, stopping water from spilling over a massive dam's potentially hazardous emergency spillway after authorities ordered ...