KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At 630pm February 14, 2017
The oroville dam emergency prompted evacuations for 180,000 people. At least one thousand more people stayed at the fairgrounds in chico. More than a dozen low cases including churches and elk longs are being used as evacuation centers. The potential failure of the spillway is not a surprise to environmentalists. The friends of the river filed a motion with federal regulators back in 2003 saying that emergency spillway should be lined with concrete. The warning was dismissed by federal officials. The stimed one Million Dollar cost of the concrete spillway to cover the hillside may have been a ...