/in California and the U.S./by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by Talking Points Memo)by Olga R. Rodriguez and Don Thompson
The water level dropped Monday behind the nation’s tallest dam, reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. As the day began, officials from the California Department of Water Resources prepared to inspect an erosion scar on the spillway at the dam on […]
Oroville, California (CNN)A massive crevasse that formed in a spillway at Northern California’s Oroville Dam has spurred mass evacuations, with nearby residents fleeing the worst-case specter of a three-story wall of water rushing downstream. In all, about 188,000 people, mostly in Butte, Sutter and Yuba counties, evacuated from the area, some being given only minutes […]
Thousands of people fled areas downriver from Lake Oroville on Sunday after a secondary spillway at the swollen reservoir was compromised, raising fears of a collapse that might unleash disastrous flooding. By late Sunday, after whole towns had emptied out, officials said the immediate danger appeared to have passed. Evacuation orders, however, remained in place […]
As California waited Monday night to see if President Donald Trump would grant Gov. Jerry Brown’s request for emergency funding for 10,000 evacuees who lived in the shadow of the Oroville Dam, FEMA began preparing for the worse. The federal disaster-management agency’s Region 9, which oversees California and other Western states, has mobilized a 24-hour […]
No, humans cannot make it rain, stop the rain, or produce real rainbows in the sky. But we can do things that protect ourselves from the rain and get it to work for our agriculture and overall economy. And it’s clearer than ever that Californians have simply failed to do those things as the Oroville […]
The area around a huge dam at California’s second-largest reservoir is in a state of emergency, with some 180,000 residents ordered to evacuate the area Sunday out of fears that part of Oroville Dam could fail. A glimmer of hope arrived late Sunday night, when officials said water had finally stopped pouring over the dam’s […]
Water Level Drops Behind California Dam, Easing Flood Fears
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The Associated Press (As published by Talking Points Memo)by Olga R. Rodriguez and Don ThompsonThe water level dropped Monday behind the nation’s tallest dam, reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. As the day began, officials from the California Department of Water Resources prepared to inspect an erosion scar on the spillway at the dam on […]
California Towns Flee As Oroville Dam Threatens To Release ‘Wall Of Water’
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CNNby Eliott C. McLaughlin and Paul VercammenOroville, California (CNN)A massive crevasse that formed in a spillway at Northern California’s Oroville Dam has spurred mass evacuations, with nearby residents fleeing the worst-case specter of a three-story wall of water rushing downstream. In all, about 188,000 people, mostly in Butte, Sutter and Yuba counties, evacuated from the area, some being given only minutes […]
California Today: Flood Risk Causes 100,000 to Evacuate. Here’s What We Know.
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /The New York Timesby Mike McPhateThousands of people fled areas downriver from Lake Oroville on Sunday after a secondary spillway at the swollen reservoir was compromised, raising fears of a collapse that might unleash disastrous flooding. By late Sunday, after whole towns had emptied out, officials said the immediate danger appeared to have passed. Evacuation orders, however, remained in place […]
As California Waits On Trump, FEMA Gets Going Around Oroville Dam
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /San Francisco Chronicleby Michael BodleyAs California waited Monday night to see if President Donald Trump would grant Gov. Jerry Brown’s request for emergency funding for 10,000 evacuees who lived in the shadow of the Oroville Dam, FEMA began preparing for the worse. The federal disaster-management agency’s Region 9, which oversees California and other Western states, has mobilized a 24-hour […]
California’s Oroville Dam Disaster Is A Wake-Up Call For America
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /CNBC (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.)by Jake NovakNo, humans cannot make it rain, stop the rain, or produce real rainbows in the sky. But we can do things that protect ourselves from the rain and get it to work for our agriculture and overall economy. And it’s clearer than ever that Californians have simply failed to do those things as the Oroville […]
Signs Of Hope At Oroville Dam, After Overflow Sparked Large Evacuation Sunday
/in California and the U.S. /by Mike Lee /NPRby Bill ChappellThe area around a huge dam at California’s second-largest reservoir is in a state of emergency, with some 180,000 residents ordered to evacuate the area Sunday out of fears that part of Oroville Dam could fail. A glimmer of hope arrived late Sunday night, when officials said water had finally stopped pouring over the dam’s […]