OROVILLE (CBS13/AP) — Officials at the nation's tallest dam unleashed water down a rebuilt spillway Tuesday for the first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands of ...

Four Lakes dam projects remain on schedule and within budget as crews make steady progress toward key year-end construction ...

After being adversely impacted by heavy rainfall and flooding last year, a Texas congressman has announced a $30 million grant has been approved to fund repairs at the Lake Livingston dam.

California water officials opened the main spillway at the Oroville Dam on Friday afternoon, doing so for flood control purposes for the first time since 2019. Ted Craddock, deputy director of the ...

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When operators of Oroville Dam suddenly ordered evacuations on Sunday, it focused a big spotlight on a crucial piece of California’s flood-control infrastructure – spillways. California is home to ...

In any other year, the release of water from Lake Oroville would be no big deal. But a gaping hole erupted in the middle of the lake’s main spillway in February 2017, and on Tuesday — after two years ...

The state of California released a preliminary forensics report on the February failures at the Oroville dam. Photo: Courtesy of California Dept. of Water Resources. May 12, 2017 An independent ...

It may be hard to believe after all the snow and rain that has fallen ― and keeps falling ― on the North State this winter, but Lake Shasta water levels are still lower than normal for this time of ...

Bystanders were met with the rumble of rushing water as Oroville Dam’s gates released millions of gallons of water down a newly reconstructed concrete spillway on Tuesday for the first time since the ...

The massive failure of the Oroville Dam’s main spillway in February involved two dozen potential design and maintenance problems, including thin concrete, inadequate reinforcing steel and weaknesses ...