More Details on Exactly How Damage to Main And Emergency Spillways of Oroville Dam Were Damaged

WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A BETTER LOOK AT THE TWO PROBLEMS HERE.. ALL CAUSED BY TOO MUCH WATER IN THE LAKE. FIRST.. THE HUGE HOLE IN THE SPILLWAY... JUST LEFT OF THE DAM. RELEASING WATER INTO THE SPILLWAY... MADE THAT HOLE BIGGER. CLOSING THE SPILLWAY TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE.. MADE THE LAKE LEVEL RISE... EVENTUALLY THAT SENT ALL THAT WATER OVER THE EMERGENCY SPILLWAY.. OVER HERE... CAUSING MORE EROSION.. AND THE EVACUATIONS... WHEN THE FORCE OF ALL THAT WATER THEY'RE UP AGAINST... FOR EVERY 750- THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER BEING LET OUT OF THE LAKE... 300-THOUSAND GALLONS IS STILL COMING IN.. AND MORE RAIN'S ON THE WAY LATER IN THE WEEK. HOWEVER... THIS BREAK IN STORMS, EVEN WITH THE DAMAGED SPILLWAY, IS LETTING THEM LOWER THE LAKE LEVEL AS MUCH AS 30 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THEY HOPE THAT'LL BE ENOUGH.. BECAUSE LAST WEEK'S STORMS BROUGHT THE LAKE UP.. 50-FEET.