At Northern California’s Lake Oroville, water levels receded Monday, stopping the overflow of water from the dam’s emergency spillway. This reduced the risk of immediate uncontrolled flooding — but longer-term concerns remain. William Brangham speaks with Jeffrey Mount of the Public Policy Institute of California about the massive evacuation that took place and the outlook […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Chris Megerian, Bettina Boxall, Melanie Mason and Laura J. Nelson
With more storms expected to slam Northern California later this week, officials worked frantically Monday to drain water from brimming Lake Oroville in hopes of heading off a potentially catastrophic flood. The operators at America’s tallest dam found themselves in a precarious position Monday, with both of the spillways used to release water compromised and the reservoir […]
/in San Diego County/by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin II, Raoul Rañoa and Chris Megerian
Any dam engineer would be terrified of this nightmare scenario — the possible collapse of a retaining wall in California’s second largest reservoir. That’s the prospect officials faced when they ordered more than 100,000 people evacuated downstream of the nation’s tallest dam Sunday. It occurred insidiously: a pocket of erosion that crept ever closer to a low concrete […]
The mass evacuations underway below the Oroville Dam capped a week of frantic efforts to prevent flooding as America’s tallest dam reached capacity and its main spillway was severely damaged. Here is a brief explanation of the events so far. On Saturday, water levels reached so high that an emergency spillway was used for the […]
VIDEO: Precarious Oroville Dam Highlights Challenges Of California Water Management
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /KPBSAt Northern California’s Lake Oroville, water levels receded Monday, stopping the overflow of water from the dam’s emergency spillway. This reduced the risk of immediate uncontrolled flooding — but longer-term concerns remain. William Brangham speaks with Jeffrey Mount of the Public Policy Institute of California about the massive evacuation that took place and the outlook […]
A Race Against Mother Nature As Officials Send Water Cascading Out Of Lake Oroville
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Chris Megerian, Bettina Boxall, Melanie Mason and Laura J. NelsonWith more storms expected to slam Northern California later this week, officials worked frantically Monday to drain water from brimming Lake Oroville in hopes of heading off a potentially catastrophic flood. The operators at America’s tallest dam found themselves in a precarious position Monday, with both of the spillways used to release water compromised and the reservoir […]
Here’s The Nightmare Scenario At Oroville Dam That Officials Are Fighting To Prevent
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Rong-Gong Lin II, Raoul Rañoa and Chris MegerianAny dam engineer would be terrified of this nightmare scenario — the possible collapse of a retaining wall in California’s second largest reservoir. That’s the prospect officials faced when they ordered more than 100,000 people evacuated downstream of the nation’s tallest dam Sunday. It occurred insidiously: a pocket of erosion that crept ever closer to a low concrete […]
Too Much Water: How Oroville Dam Problems Became A Crisis
/in San Diego County /by Mike Lee /Los Angeles Timesby Matt Hamilton and Shelby GradThe mass evacuations underway below the Oroville Dam capped a week of frantic efforts to prevent flooding as America’s tallest dam reached capacity and its main spillway was severely damaged. Here is a brief explanation of the events so far. On Saturday, water levels reached so high that an emergency spillway was used for the […]