Aerial Footage | Vid of Oroville damage when the spillway flow was stopped today

[WB Staff]

With Lake Oroville Spillway flows slowing to zero today, we catch a glimpse of the power of water, and the work that lies ahead.

[mark poulson]

That is a lot of material at the bottom, in the river, that was scoured out by the runoff.
Are there any plans yet to remove that stuff!

[Brian D.]

Dares gold in dat big hill.

[Burke]

One of the main reasons to stop the waterflow was to get equipment in there to remove all the junk (e.g. concrete, trees, rocks/gravel, etc.) that got washed into the river. The hydro plant that is down river has been closed to prevent any damage to it from the junk going down river.