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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, discusses the situation at the Oroville Dam as Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea listens at a news conference in Oroville, Calif. Over six straight days, the operators of the Oroville Dam had been saying there was no immediate danger after water surging down the main spillway gouged a hole the size of a football field in the concrete chute. But now suddenly they realized that the dam's emergency backup spillway — essentially an unpaved hillside — was falling apart, too, and could unleash a deadly torrent of water. Honea reacted by ordering the immediate evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea, left, answers a question concerning his decision to lift the evacuation order and allow people to return home, as Bill Croyle, acting director of the Department of Water Resources, right, looks on during a news conference in Oroville, Calif. Over six straight days, the operators of the Oroville Dam had been saying there was no immediate danger after water surging down the main spillway gouged a hole the size of a football field in the concrete chute. But now suddenly they realized that the dam's emergency backup spillway — essentially an unpaved hillside — was falling apart, too, and could unleash a deadly torrent of water. Honea reacted by ordering the immediate evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea, left, answers a question concerning his decision to lift the evacuation order and allow people to return home, as Bill Croyle, acting director of the Department of Water Resources, right, looks on during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 14 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Honea ordered mass evacuations on Sunday for everyone living below the Oroville Lake, out of concerns the Oroville Dam's emergency spillway could fail and send a 30-foot wall of water roaring downstream. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, speaks as Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea listens at a news conference about the situation at the Oroville Dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. Croyle said officials will be able to assess the damage to the emergency spillway now that the water is no longer spilling over the top. Honea said evacuation orders affecting thousands of people will stand until there is more information on the condition of the nation's tallest dam's emergency spillway. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
