When the Oroville Dam spillway cracked open during a record storm, it exposed deep flaws in both design and oversight. This ...

Several chunks of concrete were missing ... They decided to use the emergency spillway to keep water levels at safe levels. Unfortunately, the secondary spillway began to deteriorate even more ...

Opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway is not an easy process. Crews must lift up to 7,000 wooden beams, each 8 by 12 feet, to let water flow through the concrete structure. On Monday, the Army Corps of ...