WATER IS FLOWING! Water flows on the rebuilt spillway today at the Oroville Dam for first time since it crumbled two years ago and drove hundreds of thousands of Northern California residents from their homes over fears of catastrophic flooding. bit.ly/2FTz5lS | KTVU Fox 2

Almost 200,000 people were ordered to evacuate a northern California town this week after a hole in the emergency spillway in the Oroville Dam threatened to flood the surrounding area. Here's a look at what happened to the dam. Read more: http://nbcnews.to/2kxmdZg | NBC News

52K views · 654 reactions | Check it out! While the water releases via the Oroville Dam Spillway have decreased, the lake levels are also going down, despite the rain. See more of the spillway and construction here: https://goo.gl/3Pf4Sy Video: California Department of Water Resources | KCRA 3 | Facebook

7.7K views · 273 reactions | The Thompson Fire burning at the base of the Lake Oroville Dam is at more than 3,500 acres in Butte County with little containment. Numerous evacuation orders are up around the lake and dam. Here's a chinook helicopter picking up water from Lake Oroville and dropping it on the fire, video courtesy CalFire. For more info on the fire: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/2/thompson-fire | Adventures With Jeff Martinez | Facebook

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Have you seen it before? 🥹 📍 Phantom Falls in Oroville, California 🚙 1.5h from Sacramento, 1.5h from Redding, 2.5h from San Francisco, 7h from LA. I stopped there last year around the same time on my way to @visitredding 🚶‍♀️ 4 miles round trip, longer 7 miles loop is also available. It is rated as moderate on @alltrails but it felt pretty easy. The elevation gain is 500 ft. We took a shorter hike and saw 2 gorgeous waterfalls there including Phantom Falls. 🌼 I just saw an update, and it is