Threat at Oroville Dam slightly diminishes, but nearby areas still under evacuation order

Reporting from Oroville, Calif. — More than 100,000 people in communities downstream of Lake Oroville were told to evacuate Sunday evening after authorities grew concerned that dangerous flood waters would start surging out of the huge reservoir. The flood threat emerged suddenly Sunday afternoon when a hole developed in the auxiliary spillway that was being used for an emergency spill to lower t