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February 12, 2017 image of water flowing over emergency spillway at Oroville Dam in California
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California Narrowly Averts Disaster at Oroville Dam

February 28, 2017 rockman Comments Off on California Narrowly Averts Disaster at Oroville Dam

Earlier in February severe rain caused the Oroville Dam in Sacramento to reach capacity. The dam is an earth fill dam approximately 770 feet high, making it one of the tallest dams of this type […]

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