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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...
Tornado warning issued in Butte and Plumas counties
KTXL via Yahoo News· 4 months ago(FOX40.COM) — The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning in eastern Butte County and southwestern Plumas County until 4:30 p.m. and advised...
DWR starting maintenance work on Oroville Dam spillway
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSep. 11—Officials with the Department of Water Resources (DWR) said maintenance work on Oroville Dam's main spillway was expected to start this week as construction staging equipment and materials ...
Video: See gorgeous views of Oroville and Folsom dams releasing water
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVideo shows recent water releases at Oroville and Folsom dams as officials open the spillways for...
Oroville, Bullards Bar continue water releases
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 26—The Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Yuba Water Agency said water is still being released from spillways at the Oroville Dam and New Bullards Bar Dam. Because of the intense winter ...
DWR releases water from Oroville Dam as storms move into region
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 31—With two separate major storms hitting the region this week and through early next week, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) said on Wednesday that it began releasing water from ...
DWR to test main spillway at Oroville Dam
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 22—The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) said late last week that there would be "routine testing" conducted on Wednesday morning on Oroville Dam's main spillway gate hoist ...
Watch wonderful rush of water released down iconic Oroville Dam spillway for flood safety
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe California Department of Water Resources on Wednesday began releasing water from Oroville Dam’s main spillway. The release into the Feather River ensures storage space remains in Lake Oroville ...
Oroville Dam releases water as anticipated storms approach
KTXL via Yahoo News· 4 months ago(FOX40.COM) — In anticipation of the week’s coming storms, the California Department of Water Resources began releasing water from Lake Oroville on Tuesday morning, according to DWR. Dam operators ...
California's blistering heat sparked power shortages last summer. Here's this year's forecast
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoWater flows through the Oroville Dam spillway at Lake Oroville in California's Butte County on March...