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Hour away to Evacuation Centers you could see bumper to bumper traffic for miles as people searched for higher ground. Water began flowing into the emergency spillway yesterday for the first time in nearly 50 years. 100thousand cubic feet of water is now rushing through per second. That spillway is suffering from erosion but in a conference tonight at 6 officials with the dwr and Sheriffs Office said its not happening as quickly as once thought. Eric seedepartment of Water Resourcesnow heres a list of Evacuation Centers the red cross has set up at the Silver Dollar fairgrounds in Silver Dollar...

Tracking the Mass Evacuations from the danger area. Traffic is gridlocked. Low lying areas near the dam have been evacuated. That includes Oroville Gridley Yuba city and live oak. In total more than 130 thousand people ordered to leave. We have a crew in chico where an Evacuation Center has been set up. First kron4s Ella Sogomonian is tracking the attempt to avoid a disaster in oroville. Ella, what are those officials saying tonight . Thats what we are about to find out a press conference should be underway in butte county that was pushed from 9 to now 10 o clock for any updates. For now this ...

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 m...

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 ...

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 ...