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Failures in midst of crisis at nation’s tallest dam

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Mike Blood

Ellen Knickmeyer and Mike Blood, reporters, San Francisco, for reporting that California officials lacked technology to monitor a crumbling spillway after dark at Oroville Dam, the nation’s tallest dam, during a near catastrophe. https://apnews.com/a0e3a36b699b4b539f85ea8074b4508…

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By The Associated Press

SEPT. 15, 2017

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