High water levels at Lake Oroville this weekend prompted authorities to use the dam's emergency spillway for the first time in its nearly 50-year history. The main spillway had suffered unexpected ...

For the second year in a row, Lake Oroville, one of California's largest ... and minor amounts of water going into the emergency spillway. That is normal and expected, the agency stated.

A look back at ABC7 News' most popular stories Crews lower lake's level to repair Oroville Dam spillway Crews race against time to repair Oroville Dam spillway Two major roadways in Santa Cruz ...

Similar forecast-informed planning has been implemented at Lake Mendocino in the ... Meanwhile, the current spillway capacity and infrastructure at Oroville Dam, operated by the Department of ...

More than 100,000 people have been evacuated in California after fears a dam spillway is in danger of collapsing. The Oroville dam is 770 feet high and it is the tallest one in the US.

The Corps has not yet announced whether the agency will open the spillway, and says they are monitoring the forecast before ...

The California Department of Water Resources is continuing water releases from Lake Oroville using the main spillway and Hyatt Power Plant, according to a newsletter Friday from DWR. From October ...

Famous for its “Glory Hole” spillway, which became active in February ... reservoirs reached alarming low water levels. That year, Lake Oroville was so shallow that more than 100 houseboats ...

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