Deserve investing in critical infrastructure. Officials say the water levels in the lake are dropping but they still fear the worst. Saying if the spillway fails, a 30foot wall of water would be unleashed on the communities below. Reporter Officials Say since the water levels in the lake have decreased, they believe the dam will be able to withstand more storms expected to start tomorrow. In oroville, california, danya bacchus, abc 7 news. Larry . Ill take it, danya. Now that the evacuations have been lifted, whats the mood there like . Of course, as you can imagine, its a big sigh of relief for people who live here. We have been told that the streets are now crowded. Once again, we saw when the Evacuation Order was put in place traffic for miles of people trying to get out of here. Were now told its in the opposite direction with people trying to get back home. Danya bacchus, thank you so much for that live report. All of this began last tuesday when engineers first found the massive
15pound rock 20 feet in the air. Reporter but chp says it found no evidence of anyone throwing anything onto the highway. Meantime caltrans said it subjected contracts for emergency projects. The work will be for approximately five miles of 680 southbound and one mile of state route 24. Weve had four, five months of heavy rain, inclement weather that further deteriorates the roadway. Reporter due to the heavy rains, caltrans says maintenance crews have conducted sweeping operations approximately ten times since late december to clean up loose materials. In walnut creek, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. To developing news now. A threeday ordeal is over tonight for evacuees living near the oroville dam. Butte county officials lifted the Evacuation Order for nearly 200,000 people in the oroville area south of chico. We learned a short time ago that fema approved governor browns request for federal assistance with the flooding threat. Officials say the damaged main spillway has been stable for
Damaged along the same stretch of road. Good evening on that you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. No one hurt but dozens of people said theyve had their windshields and sun roofs smashed while driving. The damage is clustered around highway 24 outside of chestnut creek. The chp thought someone was throwing objects down onto the freeway. They revealed the cause is something else. Reporter Melanie Woodrow shows you the answer came when they looked in a different direction. Reporter shattered windshields, broken glass, and a deafening sound. I immediately thought it was a gunshot. Reporter not once, not twice it was such a scary moment, and i can still hear the sound. It was just awful. Reporter but dozens of times since december. Today we had about 55 repo reported to chp. Reporter where interstate 680 meets 24 near an overpass. Luckily no one was seriously injured. Now chp says its not someone who is responsible, its something. All of the evidence weve gathered through o
Water. They immediately called police. Police, firefighters arrived, confirmed that the man, we believe it is a man, clothed body, was dead. Now it will be up it the medical examiner, San Francisco, to determine how this person died. At this point there are no signs of foul play, but the mystery remains. How did he end up in this lake . The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy and that will determine whether it was by suicide perhaps, whether this was accidental. As we come back out here live, its very quiet now. There is a lot of activity here. Some streets in the immediate area were blocked off, and now its back to normal. Very popular scene with joggers and waterfowl. Very jarring, indeed, to have a body discovered here at south lake. Back to you, mike and gasia. Henry, we talked a lot with the fact that some Homeless People use gold gate park as their home. Any indication this might be a transient whose body was found . Reporter its possible. We dont he know if this person was,