“We’ll get a lot of eyes on the problem, now that we have a problem, and the problem is big.” The dam was completed in 1968. Last week, crews observed a hole in the dam’s concrete spillway, which drains water into the Feather River. On Tuesday, work crews were also scrambling to repair the emergency spillway, in case it is needed. “I would say for Northern California, obviously we have flooding, so there is no drought,” Mr. Mathews said. “We go from several years of below-normal precipitation, and then we go to several years of above-normal precipitation,” Mr. Mathews said.

Source: New York Times February 14, 2017 23:46 UTC