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Between February 6–10, 2017, 12.8 in (330 mm) of rain fell on the Feather River Basin. Inflow of water into Lake Oroville rose from 30,000 cu ft/s (850 m 3 /s) on February 6 to over 130,000 cu ft/s (3,700 m 3 /s) at mid-day on February 7, before subsiding to about 75,000 cu ft/s (2,100 m 3 /s) the following day. [17]
May 18, 2021 · In February 2017, concrete slabs in the spillway at Oroville Dam failed during releases from the floodgates, starting a chain of events that prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. The dam didn’t fail, but it came too close for comfort, especially for the tallest structure of its kind in the United States.
Feb 17, 2017 · On June 6, 1983, rumbling sounds could be heard from the left spillway — which is a tunnel, different than Oroville’s 3,000-foot long concrete chute — and the dam began to shake violently....
Jan 20, 2023 · About 95% of the water that flowed into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in the first two weeks of January ended up in the Pacific Ocean. Here's why.
- hayley.smith@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Dec 14, 2023 · An animated map of California shows the accumulation of surface water claims since 1850. Dark blue spreads across the map, throughout the state.
Jun 22, 2023 · On the morning of Feb. 7, 2017, two electricians were working on a warning siren near the spillway of Oroville Dam, 60 miles north of Sacramento, when they heard an explosion. As they...
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