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Cracks, hacks, attacks: California's vulnerable water system faces many threats
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSpillway failures at Oroville Dam in 2017 threatened major flooding and spurred the evacuation of...
California lowering dam water levels, warns of flood threat as storm hits
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWorkers release water from the Santa Anita Dam after a series of January storms. On Thursday, state...
Live near a dam? It could be crumbling, threatening homes and lives as heavy rains increase
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCORRECTION: An earlier version of the story misstated the name of the Association of State Dam...
2 Central Coast reservoirs will get $17 million to repair dams
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA bill signed Wednesday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom allocated $17 million to fund dam safety...
New storm could bring more peril to California rivers already hit by deadly flooding
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA bystander observes a partially submerged boat along a storm-swollen stretch of the Russian River...
With a fuller Lake Shasta, more water is seeping from the front of Shasta Dam
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWith Lake Shasta nearly full this spring, more water has begun to seep out of the face of Shasta...
Opinion: We've seen the flooding in California. Will we move to higher ground?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTulare Lake, resurrected by California's record-breaking winter rain and snow, in mid-April, when...
Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFlood damage in Edenville, Mich., after a dam failed on May 19, 2020. AP Photo/Carlos OsorioHeavy...
New atmospheric river rolls into California, and the evacuation warnings pile up
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDeanna Beaudoin leans on Don Kendrick during a break from shoveling out their car in Crestline on...
These California dams need repairs. But Newsom, legislators battle over grants to fix them
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 1 week agoSeveral dozen dams throughout California could store up to 107 billion more gallons of water if they underwent repairs to fix safety problems. But facing a staggering state deficit, Gov. Gavin ...