Oroville Dam

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(ANTIMEDIA) Officials were warned twelve years in advance about potential safety hazards at the Oroville Dam in Butte County, California, which now faces the risk of flooding nearby residential areas as a result of a broken spillway and increased rainfall.
Local outlet Mercury News reports:

It appears President Donald Trump was once again right on target when talking about America’s aging infrastructure and facilities.
On Tuesday last week a huge hole formed in the spillway of the Oroville Dam, which is the nation’s tallest, and California’s second largest reservoir.
The dam’s emergency spillway was then put into use for the first time in 50 years. Due to severe erosion, officials are not sure it will be able to hold and are now urging residents in low-lying areas to leave, BNO News reports.