Lake Oroville Dam

California crews rush to fix dam before new storms hit

Authorities said they had averted the immediate danger of a catastrophic failure - one capable of unleashing a wall of water three stories tall on towns below.
 

Feb 14, 2017, 08:51 AM IST

Crumbling California dam spillway prompts urgent evacuations

The earthfill dam is just upstream and east of Oroville, a city of more than 16,260 people.

Feb 13, 2017, 08:31 AM IST