First, our grant lodes is here with what the governor is calling for tonight . Grant . Governor brown is asking the federal government for assistance for the three counties affected by this emergency. About 190 thoudand people had to quickly leave their homes last night in butte, sutter and yuba counties. Right now. Water is flowing from the main spillway. Which is damaged. But functioning. And the best news tonight is the lakes water level as the emergency spillway is being repaired. For a little perspective well use this daily mail map. The problem at Lake Oroville started last tuesday when a massive hole opened up in the main spillway. The hole. 30 feet deep. 200 feet wide. Feet deep. 200 the hole. 30 feet deep. 200 that issue prompted water managers to stop using the main spillway. 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 lev
Of problems. And well walk you through what went wrong. And whats being done to at least temporarily stabalize the situation. This is a daily mail map. The problem at Lake Oroville started last tuesday when a massive hole opened up here in the main spillway. Lets check out video of the hole from last week. It may be hard to tell here. But its 30 feet deep. 200 feet wide. That hole prompted water managers to stop using the main spillway. That meant water in the lake. Swollen from all this winters storms. Started coming over the emergency spillway. The emergency spillway. Built in 1968. Is just dirt and rocks. And yesterday water was coming over the top. And carving small craters in the land below. Which is not paved like the main spillway. The concern is that the dirt and rock at the top of the emergency spillway might collapse. And that would be catasprophic. A 30 foot wall of water would come charging down the hill. Like a tsunami. Some would quickly fill up the the Feather River belo
Thanks danielle. And with the nevada caucuses starting in less thanks danielle. And with the nevada caucuses starting in less than two weeks, be sure to stay with channel two news on air, online, and on facebook and twitter for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. Look at the pinpoint 2 forecast a large ridge of High Pressure will settle in over the west coast for the next week, giving us very warm, though not record setting temperatures. Sunny skies and high temperatures in the low 60s tuesday will give way to a few clouds midweek, but temperatures will stay up in the weekend, with lows near the freezing mark. Winds will generally light throughout the week. Squaw valley is expanding some of their programming that focuses on the environment. Theyre advocating to reduce the amount of co2 produced at the ski resort along with other things. As part of this mission theyve announced the beginning of a new program that theyre calling drink mountain tap. Ryan canaday was at the resort today
Good evening, and we have several developing stories tonight, and we begin with the simmering tension across this country. Those for and against President Trumps immigration crackdown. And today, the president called it a military operation at the border. After we offered those words during a meeting at the white house, his own Homeland Security secretary had very different words about the operation. So which is it . Abcs matt gutman on the crackdown and how its being enforced. He is not far from the border in arizona tonight. Reporter at the white house today, President Trump declaring his new immigration crackdown a mooring success. Were getting really bad dudes out of this country, and at a rate that nobodys ever seen before, and they are the bad ones. And its a military operation. Reporter a military operation . Not according to Homeland Security secretary john kelly. No. Repeat, no use of military force in immigration operations. None. Reporter White House Press Secretary Sean Spi
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