been able to alleviate the problem or the pressure on that emergency spillway. and that s what we are hoping for. but if you can explain to our viewers, particularly for those who may have just tuned in and could be viewing us right now. what has to take place? it s a precarious operation that has to take place at nighttime to fill that erosion. first of all, kelly, can you see the big truck i m streaming? so they have taken a lot of these trucks that are used for by the city or county and they blocked off streets to get anywhere near oroville. this part of the state is shut down. the on way north or south is interstate 5 which is 30 miles to our west. going up to the see air as or the cascades, this is shut down. reporter: what kind of impact
at 901 feet. as of 11:00 a.m. saturday morning, the water was 6 inches over that limit and started to pour over the emergency spillway. by 3:00 a.m. sunday, the reservoir surface crested at over nine hundred two feet. six hours later, lake levels were dropping and are continuing to drop tonight. continued to fall. that s also an important point in our objective is to lower the lake level by 50 feet in order to prepare for future inflow of water. more than 180,000 people were ordered to evacuate. sparking traffic jams and concern among residents. multiple accidents with injuries on the freeway coming over from oroville. we were pulling a trailer and it took almost two hours. everyone is panicking. everybody has got to remember we are okay at the moment. try to keep calm. evacuees and engineers are focused on the weather, as more rain is the focused for later
new evacuations ordered in california over construction concerns. official s evacuating nearly 200,000 residents to higher ground after a crack in the spillway. there is immense concern. we had water coming over the emergency spillway. it was eroding the ground. when that happens, the dirt rolls off the hill and it undermines itself. if that is not addressed and we don t take care of that and mitigate properly, we are looking at a 30-foot wall of water. 200,000 people moved out of the way of what could be a 30-foot wall of water. officials are waiting for first light to assess the situation and decide when or if it is safe for residents to return. spelling counts. a hard lesson by the social media team at the department of
ron mott, thanks so much, appreciate it. up next, nearly 200,000 people evacuated in northern california after a major erosion at an emergency spillway off the nation s tallest dam, a spillway that s designed to protect against overflow. if it collapses, entire communities could be crushed by a wall of water. we ll take you there after the break. when you hit 300,000 mile. or here, when you walked away without a scratch. maybe it was the day your baby came home. or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore. every subaru is built to earn your trust. because we know what you re trusting us with. subaru. kelley blue book s most trusted brand. and best overall brand. love. it s what makes a subaru, a subaru.
they need to get it patched up because there s a chance that the water coming in will seek what they can get out. that s their fear. that s what they re trying to prevent, that if they have to use that emergency spillway, it will be more shored up. and the winds in the east were howling earlier. we have 37 mile-per-hour wind gusts from d.c. to new york. but the airport delay map only is calling for major delaying in new york city. laguardia and newark has two to three hour delays, philly and d.c. has nothing. i have no idea why new york is bad in wind like this. boston goes through a major