THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS - OROVILLE DAM: CREWS WORK INTO THE NIGHT TO BOLSTER ERODED SPILLWAY AS THREE STORMS IN SIX DAYS APPROACH

Oroville Dam: Crews work into the night to bolster eroded spillway as three storms in six days approach

BY MICHAEL ON FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Crews worked into the night Wednesday to shore up the emergency spillway at troubled Oroville Dam, racing to fortify the structure before the next series of storms, the first of which was forecast to hit before midnight.

Three storm systems will move into Northern California during the next six days, according to the National Weather Service. The first system will drop about an inch of rain in the Oroville area between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday. Greater amounts of precipitation will fall in the mountains northeast of the reservoir.

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