Damaged dam prompts evacuations in Northern CaliforniaSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Officials ordered more residents near the nation’s tallest dam to evacuate Wednesday after saying an emergency spillway was in danger of failing and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters on towns below.About 200,000 people living downriver from Lake Oroville were asked to evacuate.Officials say Oroville Lake levels had decreased by Wednesday night as they let water flow from its heavily damaged main spillway but noted that water was
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