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Deep. 200 feet wide. That issue prompted water managers to stop using the main spillway. That meant water in the that meant water in the lake. Swollen from all this winters storms. Started coming over the emergency spillway. The emergency spillway is just dirt and rocks. And with all the pressure from the water level so high. The concern. Especially yesterday. Was that the dirt and rock could collapse. And that would mean a 30 foot wall of water would come charging down this dirt hill. Some into the feather river. But tons and tons would keep coming downstream. Flooding towns as far south as marysville. 30 miles south of the lake. We are also now learning. That environmentalists raised concerns ayears ago about the stability of the emergency spillway at the oroville dam. But state officials insisted. The structure was safe. This is what the emergency spillway looks like today. Water is no longer spilling over but you can see the damage it left behind from this weekends spillover. Back

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