Reporting from OROVILLE, CALIF. — It was just a week ago that this city in the shadow of America’s tallest dam was in a state of crisis. The town of 19,000 had been evacuated — along with ...

New aerial footage shot by a drone shows the main spillway at Oroville Dam in Northern California, wrecked during heavy winter storms in February, slowly being rebuilt. Hundreds of construction ...

OROVILLE — Two years ago today, about 188,000 people were ordered to evacuate for fear the damaged Oroville Dam spillway would fail. While the worst fears never materialized, the incident had ...

A new report on the safety of more than 1,200 California dams reveals only one dam is listed as unsatisfactory -- and that dam is Oroville. In this Butte County town of some 19,000 people, some ...

What is most surprising about the near-collapse of a spillway at Oroville Dam is that events like that have not happened more often. Located 75 miles north of Sacramento, Oroville is the nation ...

OROVILLE — Two years ago today, about 188,000 people were ordered to evacuate for fear the damaged Oroville Dam spillway would fail. While the worst fears never materialized, the incident had ...

Related: Oroville crisis highlights risky dams, spotty inspections around U.S. The drama began Feb. 7 when water officials found a hole that spanned nearly the width of the dam's concrete-lined ...

Situated in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the Oroville Dam is five miles northeast of the city of Oroville in California's Butte County. It's about 75 miles north of Sacramento and ...

OROVILLE. The operators of Oroville Dam acknowledged Monday they might not be able to permanently repair the dam’s battered main spillway in time for the next rainy season, but said they’re ...

State officials said Wednesday the damaged Oroville Dam flood-control spillway is ready for the rainy season, and will be able to fully blast water down its half-mile long concrete chute for the ...

With the Oroville Dam spilling over with an avalanche of water, it's amazing to see how quickly this winter's rains filled an area that was, not so long ago, a major symbol of California's drought ...