California Town Given One Hour to Evacuate Before Dam Spillway Collapses [Updating]

“This [is] NOT A Drill. This [is] NOT A Drill. This [is] NOT A Drill,” the Butte County Sheriff’s Department wrote on Facebook Sunday afternoon, urging residents of Oroville, California to evacuate immediately. “Officials are anticipating a failure of the Auxiliary Spillway at Oroville Dam within the next 60 minutes,”

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Source: Gizmodo – California Town Given One Hour to Evacuate Before Dam Spillway Collapses [Updating]