pressure off the second emergency spillway. more than one olympic swimming pool of water rushing through every single second, and officials say, it s working, but this image shows how close the dam is to the town of oroville, which tonight is a ghost town. many preparing to spend a second night at shelters, sleeping on cots and among those waiting to return home, 18-year-old april torlone. it was beyond crazy seeing the city change in a matter of minutes. so much concern tonight, and kayna is with us live. kayna, concerns with the first spillway in that crater. then the second spillway next to it over the weekend, and major problems there as well. but tonight, on the eve of more rain coming, some progress to report? reporter: david, officials are not able to lift those evacuation orders despite the fact that those lake levels have actually fallen a little bit, and there is no water going over the second emergency spillway.
hundreds of billions of gallons of water. and has one-third of the water supply for the state s population. we know the damage across the main spillway. and why 200,000 people have been evacuated, if this damage continues, and they re trying to fix the situation, and water has to be brought down from the emergency spillway, and a significant amount, that will be an uncontrolled amount of water, that can be just as bad, if the emergency spillway fails. that would be just as bad if the dam were to fail. about 100 feet of water could come towards the town of oroville for one hour. that s why the town has been evacuated. they re trying to aleleviate th situation. showing the timing of the event. that could bring the water down. officials saying the threat for this is being minimized because
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produce enough water. if they can continue to release the water at the rate they are now, which is over 100,000 cubic feet per second, the water coming in even with heavy rain will not equal that. this is nighttime video of the main spillway. the backup spillway, the one they re worried about clansing, the water is below that. the lake is down ten feet from its peak on sunday. it s going down four inches an hour. they re going to continue to pour this water out. they don t want to have to use the backup spillway again. the emergency spillway is used when the lake level gets to 901 feet. currently it s at 891 and it s going down. the main spillway, which is severely damaged, is still working. here s the timing of the next storm. not today. this is wednesday into thursday. this yellow is the heavier rain. this is as we go through wednesday it s fine. then it looks like it arrives around 5:00 a.m. so the middle of the night wednesday night into thursday morning is when the round of heavy
idea. it s an expensive proposition. tens of millions of dollars. we reported a lot over the last few years on california s drought. this is the opposite of that. and there s more rain coming in. what s the concern about that? it is a concern. they re draining the lake of a rate of about eight feet a day. they wanted to get it town to 50 feet. that s not going to happen. but for the next storms come in about midnight wednesday. if the storms aren t particularly strong, they ll be able to drain it faster than the waters coming in. that s dependent on the main spillway, which is damaged. if they cut the flow coming out of the spillway, the waters could rise again. that s the fear. still a concern. eric curry, appreciate your time. thanks so much. thanks for having me.