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News on spillway
Texas Lake Dunlap dam collapse
Lake Dunlap dam, located near New Braunfels, Texas, experienced a spillgate failure on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The collapse caused a large quantity of water to be driven downstream and, as a result,...
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Final Investigative Report Explaining The Orroville Dam Spillway Damage in February 2017 Released
On January 5th, 2018, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) and the United States Society on Dams (USSD) released the following statement "Oroville Independent Forensic Team Releases F...
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California is blowing up Oroville Dam’s spillway in order to replace it
The main spillway of Lake Oroville Dam, California, whose major damage in February 2017 threatened the region with flooding and forced 200,000 people to evacuate, is now being demolished. Damage ca...
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Damage to California’s Oroville Dam forces mass evacuation under the threat of flooding
- Feb, 13, 2017
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Erosion
- Oroville Dam, Oroville, CA, United States
Almost 200,000 people were ordered to evacuate the area around Oroville, California on Sunday afternoon, after erosion caused damage in both spillways of America's tallest dam at Lake Oroville. The...
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