Mass evacuation ordered over flooding threat from Lake Oroville dam

Almost 200,000 ordered from homes in California, but officials say immediate danger of overflow channel failure at tallest US dam has passedNearly 200,000 people living downstream from the tallest dam in the US were ordered to evacuate their homes on Sunday because an overflow channel appeared to be in danger of imminent collapse. Related: How I rented a piece of a river in a never-ending western droughtContinue reading...