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How One Crack in the Oroville Dam Almost Triggered a Catastrophe

When California’s Oroville Dam spillway cracked open, it unleashed one of the most dangerous infrastructure crises in U.S. history. Uplift forces, weak concrete, and poor oversight combined to push ...
After catastrophic flooding in 2017 destroyed the Oroville Dam spillways, engineers faced an impossible challenge - rebuild one of the world’s largest spillways before the next flood season. This is ...
OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly 200,000 people are still under mandatory evacuation orders Monday night over fear the Oroville Dam emergency spillway could fail. RELATED: Water level drops at ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The auxiliary spillway from the Oroville Dam was discovered to have severe erosion Sunday afternoon and caused a panic for thousands living in the area. Evacuation orders were ...
OROVILLE, Calif. (KGO) -- Residents were returning home after officials lifted evacuation orders near the Oroville Dam Tuesday afternoon. Water officials say they've drained enough of the lake behind ...