These workers on the ground. You can probably watch them live here. They will hook up one of those giant sandbags to that cable thats below the helicopter and then this chop era long with all the others out here doing this taking part in this operation. They will lift that sandbag and then place it right there in the area of the emergency spillway that is erod ing and causes so much concern. That helicopter just lifted off taking another sandbag. This operation has been going on nonstop throughout the night and this is important work. They are working here with in a very narrow window. They know that more rain is coming on thursday. The other aspect of this operation is trying to got as much water as they can out of lake orrville. State water officials are releasing millions of gallons of water a minute over that main concrete spillway. We have to look at it from down below early this morning. That spillway is damaged but the damage not as bad as what is going on with the emergency spi
And the dangerous winds right behind it. And the new phone wars. How some could save hundreds on unlimited data. Its your money. Good evening, and its great to have you with us on a monday night, and we begin at the scene playing out at americas tallest dam. A second spillway in trouble too. More than 200,000 people evacuated. We reported last week, and you can see the waters raging over the spillway. Underneath that growing crater. Emergency crews cant shut off the water because levels at that dam are already at dangerous highs. With that spillway and another one in trouble, the evacuations. Many were given an hours warning, and some even less. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is scene tonight r. Reporter this is the image that started the alarm. Over a gaping hole. Now the race to reroute the water causing bigger problems. The damage and erosion so severe emergency officials fear the worst. If the area doesnt hold, a wall of water could spill into the surrounding resident yal areas. This the the
And the dangerous winds right behind it. And the new phone wars. How some could save hundreds on unlimited data. Its your money. Good evening, and its great to have you with us on a monday night, and we begin at the scene playing out at americas tallest dam. A second spillway in trouble too. More than 200,000 people evacuated. We reported last week, and you can see the waters raging over the spillway. Underneath that growing crater. Emergency crews cant shut off the water because levels at that dam are already at dangerous highs. With that spillway and another one in trouble, the evacuations. Many were given an hours warning, and some even less. Abcs Kayna Whitworth is on the scene tonight r. Reporter this is the image that started the alarm. Over a gaping hole. Now the race to reroute the water causing bigger problems. The damage and erosion so severe emergency officials fear the worst. If the area doesnt hold, a wall of water could spill into the surrounding resident yal areas. This
President trump declared an emergency freeing up federal funds specifically to deal with the potential failure of the oroville spillway. Now fema already has people and supplies in place and ready to go. Dr. Ashsa tribble has the latest. We have responders out there prepositioned to support. Reporter theyre also activity delivering supplies. 13,000 cots and more than 40,000 meals. With more rain expected later this week, a fema Emergency Response team is set in california and the Oakland Office will be opened and working 24 7. Were going to execute our mission. We have not been told to do anything otherwise. Fema is going to be there. Fema is going to respond. Now that the evacuation has been lifted. Fema says the act of getting people back into their homes is usually a local effort. But fema is standing by ready to help people who arent going back home just yet. And theyre ready in case the rain later this week causes another emergency. Melissa cain, kpix5. Emily turner is in oroville
Active attack to address the erosion concern. A huge sigh of relief yesterday when nearly 200,000 people down river from the dam were told it was safe to go home. Oh, my gosh, its overwhelming. , like, we were so happy that we could come back because we just moved here at the beginning of the year and were, like, made one house payment so far. We need to get our house, you know . Although the Evacuation Order was lifted, officials warn people in the area to be vigilant with more rain on the way. A highway in the north bay is getting some emergency repairs before the next round of storms. A stretch of highway 37 is closed in both directions. Kpix 5s maria medina is live in novato to tell us whats being done. Maria. Reporter good morning. Yeah, this is one of the lowest lying highways in the state. Im going to show you exactly why. You can see the water behind me and if i just take a few steps here, this is the shoulder already of highway 37 and you can see see crews already busy at work