About 150 miles northeast of San Francisco, Lake Oroville is one of California`s largest man-made lakes, and the 770-foot-tall Oroville Dam is the nation`s tallest.
At least 188,000 people remain under evacuation orders after Northern California authorities warned an emergency spillway in the country`s tallest dam was in danger of failing Sunday and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters on towns below.
Water began flowing over the emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam in Northern California on Saturday for the first time in its nearly 50-year history after heavy rainfall.
The cities of Oroville, Gridley, Live Oak, Marysville, Wheat land, Yuba City, Plumas Lake, and Olivehurst were all under evacuation orders.
Officials say Oroville Lake levels had decreased by Sunday night as they let water flow from its heavily damaged main spillway.
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