California is ordering immediate spillway inspections at about 70 aging dams that it believes might not be sound enough to protect downstream communities in a flood. Supervising engineer Daniel ...

Oroville (Calif.) Hospital officials evacuated the first floor of the hospital as a precautionary measure to protect patients from potential flood waters if the Oroville Dam breaks, according to the ...

Hundreds of thousands of people remained under evacuation orders Monday in the low levels of Oroville, California, and several areas downstream from Lake Oroville as authorities try to fix erosion of ...

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) Water levels dropped Monday at California’s Lake Oroville, stopping water from spilling over a massive dam’s potentially hazardous emergency spillway after authorities ordered ...