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E-Tone™: Ulpan-Or Weekly News Digest
Item #2 (Advanced Level)
Too Much Water
Hours of anxiety and chaos waited for tens of thousands of North
California residents as they received the announcement for an immediate
evacuation. The Oroville dam, the tallest dam in the United States,
overflowed after several consecutive weeks of rain. The artificial lake was
flooded, and despite the rapid use of all manual draining systems, the
massive embankment built in the sixties was breached, and water started
flowing towards nearby settlements. California authorities decided not to
take any risks and called for an immediate evacuation of about two
hundred thousand residents. Overnight, fire fighters and engineers worked
from the air to try and repair the embankment. The sun came out in the
morning, the weather improved, and not just (that); the water level
dropped, California’s water authority reported (they have) control of the
flow rate. Until they are certain that the repaired embankment will hold up
to another storm expected to hit the area in the next few days, the
evacuation order stands.
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