safe to reduce the immediate evacuation order currently in place to an evacuation warning. reporter: that means keep a bag packed. another evacuation could be ordered at any moment. the emergency spillway was severely damaged when lake oroville got too full. the runoff dug a huge gash in the hillside. that erosion was starting to creep backwards. if it had grown significantly underneath the concrete wall, it could have caused the emergency spillway to collapse. officials believe folk who s live downstream are now safe for a few reasons. first, they drained a lot of water using the main spillway and that seems to be working out all right. second, they say they are ahead of schedule in repairing the broken emergency spillway. we are about 40-truckloads an hour. 30 tons of rock per hour is being placed. reporter: third, the weather forecast appears to have diminished. the storms on their way are expected to be smaller and colder. still, not everybody thinks it is a good id
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you can see the outside lights are on the at the bay bridge. when you re crossing it, the decorative lights, the 10,000 l.e.d. lights are out. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. late today mostly cloudy skies. temperatures in the 60s. it was 71 degrees in my backyard yesterday. it was 70 in san jose. those numbers are out of here. we ll track the rain together but right now let s bring in the lovely roqui theus. thank you, roberta. it s 4:31. let s start in marin county. highway 37 is closed around atherton avenue. there is a detour in the area so follow the signs. golden gate bridge, traffic moving smoothly here as well from san rafael at 580 to the golden gate toll plaza. downtown san francisco just some cash lane backups. fastrak good to go. i ll send it to you. all right, roqui. thank you. the crisis at the oroville dam is now a federal disaster. president trump signed the emergency declaration to bring federal funds and resources into the area. thousands of evacuees
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