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Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated in the USA

Nearly 200,000 people living below the tallest dam in the United States, near Oroville in Northern California, were urgently ordered to flee their homes yesterday after a spillway appeared for a time to be in danger of imminent collapse

Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated in the USA

    The threat of the Oroville dam break occurred after protracted heavy rains in the area. According to USA Today, the state government will evacuate approximately 180 thousand people to safe zone.

    In the photo: a bird's eye view of the Oroville dam, California.

Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated in the USA

    After the rains in the area of one of the highest dams in the United States, the experts found that the dam's system of emergency spillway is faulty and the soil is eroded.

Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated in the USA

    The representatives of the US Department of Water Resources said that the water level in the dam is on the warning mark.

Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated in the USA

    Authorities issued the evacuation order on Sunday, saying that a crumbling emergency spillway on Lake Oroville Dam in north California could give way and unleash floodwaters onto rural communities along the Feather River.

Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated in the USA

    In the photo: a huge gouge, formed on the dam's main spillway after heavy rains.

    The state water resources department said crews using helicopters would drop rocks to fill a huge gouge.

Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated in the USA

    At 770 feet (230 meters) high, the structure, built between 1962 and 1968, is the tallest U.S. dam. This evacuation was the first for the 50-year history of the dam.

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