Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170214:06:54:00
It's kind of the, you know, plug up the hole theory with something harder than dirt. that's what they can do for the time being. >> we heard there's concern over the spillway. what are the questions about how it happened? >> it was brought up years ago. this is a dirt spillway. someone said in 2005, that it's third-world design. that basically, you know, it's very primitive. it's not a controlled overflow device. it's just a low point in the dam in a the water will come over and eat away at the hillside. years ago, they wanted to reinforce that to make it more resistant. armor it. but official...
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