Authorities issue evacuation orders of all towns and cities below Oroville dam collapse
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Authorities ordered the evacuation of several northern California towns Sunday evening as a rapidly eroding section of a dam appeared on the verge of collapse.” data-reactid=”14″ data-type=”text” type=”text”>(Water overflowing the Oroville Dam on California’s Lake Oroville.KCRA) Authorities ordered the evacuation of several northern California towns Sunday evening as a rapidly eroding section of a dam appeared on the verge of collapse.
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" content="Anticipating the failure of the dam's auxiliary spillway, officials in the northern California town frantically attempted to drain water from the main spillway, at a clip of 100,000 cubic feet per second, according to the Sacramento Bee. Helicopters dropped sand and rocks into a sinkhole in the spillway to stem the erosion.” data-reactid=”18″ data-type=”text” type=”text”>Anticipating the failure of the dam’s auxiliary spillway, officials in the northern California town frantically attempted to drain water from the main spillway, at a clip of 100,000 cubic feet per second, according to the Sacramento Bee. Helicopters dropped sand and rocks into a sinkhole in the spillway to stem the erosion.
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" content="Later Sunday evening, officials said the threat of collapse due to erosion had diminished, according to the Sacramento Bee. Water levels fell to a point at which little or no water flowed out of the emergency spillway, which Orrock said was the main factor in its erosion.” data-reactid=”20″ data-type=”text” type=”text”>Later Sunday evening, officials said the threat of collapse due to erosion had diminished, according to the Sacramento Bee. Water levels fell to a point at which little or no water flowed out of the emergency spillway, which Orrock said was the main factor in its erosion.