15-pound 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. we ve 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 three-day 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 brown s request for federal assistance with the flooding threat. officials say the damaged main spil
damaged along the same stretch of road. good evening on that you for joining us. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. no one hurt but dozens of people said they ve 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 it s not someone who is responsible, it s something.
a three-day ordeal is over for now. butte county officials lifted the evacuation order for nearly 200,000 people in the oroville area south of chico. officials say the damaged main spillway has been stable for four days. they have drained enough of the lake behind the dam so the damaged emergency spillway will not be needed. we re continuing to make significant gains in removing water from the reservoir, which drops the water surface elevation as indicated further reducing the risk. people in the area are urged to remain vigilanvigilant. residents of the areas began heading home as soon as they heard the order was lifted. laura anthony was with one of the families when they got the word. a lot of these families didn t have good options when they evacuated suddenly on sunday night. we talked with some today that said they had run out of money. they had enough for two nights in a local motel. so for them, the lifting of this order came just in time. just really wa
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