iStock/Thinkstock(OROVILLE, Calif.) — Emergency evacuations have been ordered in northern California as an auxiliary spillway at Oroville Dam is expected to fail because of severe erosion.
Officials in Butte County said failure of the structure would “result in an uncontrolled release of flood waters from Lake Oroville” and warned residents from the low levels of Oroville, California and areas downstream to move to higher ground immediately.
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