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Oroville Dam

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VIDEO: Before and after the Oroville dam near-disaster

  • Nov 1, 2018

Cost of crisis at tallest US dam reaches $870M in California

  • Jan 26, 2018

'Is risk gone?' Confusion as the Oroville Dam crisis grew

  • Sep 7, 2017

Oroville Dam managers made missteps in handling crisis, AP reports

  • Apr 19, 2017

Oroville Dam spillway water shut off to clear debris

  • Feb 28, 2017

Many families living near Oroville Dam still reluctant to move back home

  • Feb 16, 2017

Authorities lift mandatory evacuation order for those living below the Oroville Dam

  • Feb 15, 2017

Valley dams have engineers brimming with confidence

  • Feb 14, 2017

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Many families living near Oroville Dam still reluctant to move back home

  • Apr 23, 2017
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Authorities lift mandatory evacuation order for those living below the Oroville Dam

  • Apr 17, 2017
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Residents near Oroville Dam describe panic as thousands evacuate

  • Apr 17, 2017
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Residents near Oroville Dam describe panic as thousands evacuate

  • Apr 14, 2017
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Valley dams have engineers brimming with confidence

  • Apr 12, 2017
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While crews scramble to repair Oroville Dam, evacuees nervously wait

  • Apr 12, 2017
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Oroville Dam Spillway Incident Cal Fire Press Conference

  • Mar 29, 2017
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Water level drops behind Oroville, easing flood fears

  • Mar 29, 2017

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Evacuees wait nervously while crews scramble to repair Oroville Dam

Last week, a nearly 200-foot long, 30-foot deep hole was created after chunks of concrete came off the main spillway.

  • Feb 14, 2017
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Oroville Dam evacuees might not return until spillway is repaired

Nearly 200,000 people who were ordered to leave their homes out of fear that a spillway could collapse may not be able to return until the barrier at the nation's tallest dam is repaired, a sheriff said Monday.

  • Feb 13, 2017

At least 188,000 people ordered to evacuate over Oroville Dam concerns

The department said that "failure of the auxiliary spillway structure will result in an uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville."

  • Feb 13, 2017