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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Mass evacuations in the shadow of America's tallest dam

Two of the channels that drain the Oroville dam -- near Sacramento -- are damaged. Workers are trying to come up with a fix before a new set of storms move in later this week. In the meantime, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated.

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By Madeleine Brand • Feb 13, 2017 • 1 min read

Two of the channels that drain the Oroville dam -- near Sacramento -- are damaged. Workers are trying to come up with a fix before a new set of storms move in later this week. In the meantime, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated.

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