Water & Drought

‘Please pray for us in Oroville’: Worried residents forced to flee

Sacramento Bee staff reports
California Highway Patrol officer Ken Weckman directs traffic on Highway 70 as residents evacuate Marysville on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, due to a possible failure of the Oroville Dam auxilary spillway.
California Highway Patrol officer Ken Weckman directs traffic on Highway 70 as residents evacuate Marysville on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, due to a possible failure of the Oroville Dam auxilary spillway. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com

Residents in areas near the Oroville Dam are being evacuated Sunday amid concerns that the auxiliary spillway could fail.

Here’s reaction from social media on the situation:

This story was originally published February 12, 2017 at 8:29 PM with the headline "‘Please pray for us in Oroville’: Worried residents forced to flee."

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