Been watching this unfold over the last couple of days. Record rains in California have resulted in the Oroville reservoir reaching record levels and the spillway being opened to release water. The spillway has broken up and with the water still rising the emergency spillway has been reached and the neighbouring car park flooded. Residents downstream have been under an evacuation order for 36 hrs now. The water has now gone down low enough to stop overtopping the emergency spillway but there are more big storms on the way.
There's many videos on YouTube on this. Here's one for starters. The scale is immense. The water is 900 feet deep and the emergency spillway 100 feet high by 1000 feet long.
Hoping nobody is hurt and the worst doesn't happen…
Wouldn't you think this would be global news worthy…?
There's many videos on YouTube on this. Here's one for starters. The scale is immense. The water is 900 feet deep and the emergency spillway 100 feet high by 1000 feet long.
Hoping nobody is hurt and the worst doesn't happen…
Wouldn't you think this would be global news worthy…?
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