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Evacuees sleep and relax at an emergency shelter set up at the Sutter High School gymnasium on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Sutter, Calif. The thousands of people who were ordered to leave their homes after a damaged California spillway threatened to unleash a 30-foot wall of water may not be able to return until significant erosion is repaired, authorities said Monday. (Chris Kaufman/The Appeal-Democrat via AP)

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Vehicles line up the Arco station as a tanker truck driver fills the underground storage tanks on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 in Yuba City, Calif. The thousands of people who were ordered to leave their homes after a damaged California spillway threatened to unleash a 30-foot wall of water may not be able to return until significant erosion is repaired, authorities said Monday. (Chris Kaufman/The Appeal-Democrat via AP)

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Rose Leal and her family leave an emergency shelter at the Sutter High School gymnasium to take showers on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Sutter, Calif. The thousands of people who were ordered to leave their homes after a damaged California spillway threatened to unleash a 30-foot wall of water may not be able to return until significant erosion is repaired, authorities said Monday. (Chris Kaufman/The Appeal-Democrat via AP)

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A helicopter lowers a bag of rocks to be dropped on a hole on the lip of the Oroville Dam's emergency spillway Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The barrier, at the nation's tallest dam, is being repaired a day after authorities ordered mass evacuations for everyone living below the lake out of concerns the spillway could fail. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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This June 23, 2005, aerial photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources shows Oroville Dam, Lake Oroville and the Feather River in the foothills of Sierra Nevada near Oroville, Calif. The concrete spillway that was undermined and developed huge holes in the last few days is at lower left. Release of water from the dam, the damaged spillway and the use of an earthen emergency spillway has caused a temporary evacuation on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, of thousands of people downstream. (Paul Hames/California Department of Water Resources via AP)

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A dump truck carrying a load of rocks crosses the Oroville Dam to be dropped in a hole on the lip of the dam's emergency spillway Monday Feb.13, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The barrier, at the nation's tallest dam, is being repaired a day after authorities ordered mass evacuations for everyone living below the lake out of concerns the spillway could fail and send a 30-foot wall of water roaring downstream. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Disneyland visitors wait outside a parking garage after it was evacuated due to a fire in the garage in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Several cars were destroyed or damaged by fires in the main parking structure Monday at Disneyland, authorities said. (Mark Eades/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Disneyland visitors wait outside a parking garage after it was evacuated due to a fire in the garage in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Several cars were destroyed or damaged by fires in the main parking structure Monday at Disneyland, authorities said. (Mark Eades/The Orange County Register via AP)

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An ambulance leaves Disneyland after several cars caught fire in a parking structure in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Several cars were destroyed or damaged by fires in the main parking structure Monday at Disneyland, authorities said. (Kyusung Gong/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Emergency personnel respond to parking structure after several cars caught fire in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Several cars were destroyed or damaged by fires in the main parking structure Monday at Disneyland, authorities said. (Kyusung Gong/The Orange County Register via AP)

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The California Department of Water Resources increased the amount of water being discharged from Lake Oroville in anticipation of storms later this week as well as snowmelt this spring, but criticism about neglect of the 50-year-old dam continues to flood the office of Gov. Jerry Brown. (Associated Press)

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Brannan Ramirez, of Oroville, Calif., waits at an evacuation center in Chico, Calif., after being evacuated from areas downstream of the Oroville Dam, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. People who were ordered to leave their homes out of fear that a dam spillway could collapse may not be able to return until the barrier at the dam is repaired, a sheriff said Monday. (AP Photo/Don Thompson)

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CORRECTS DATE TO MONDAY FEB 13, NOT 12 - Water continues to run down the main spillway at Lake Oroville on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The water level dropped Monday behind the nation's tallest dam, reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. Sunday afternoon's evacuation order came after engineers spotted a hole on the concrete lip of the secondary spillway for the 770-foot-tall Oroville Dam and told authorities that it could fail within the hour. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

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The water from the Feather River flows through Oroville, Calif., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. Water levels at Lake Oroville, which feeds the river are continuing to drop, stopping water from spilling over the spillway. Thousands of Northern California residents were asked to evacuate their homes Sunday evening after authorities warned the emergency spillway of the Oroville Dam could fail at any time unleashing uncontrolled flood waters on towns below. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Madonna Thunder Hawk of the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, gestures as she walks out of federal court to talk with reporters in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. A judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes to halt construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline until their lawsuit over the project is resolved. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Madonna Thunder Hawk of the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, finished talking to reporters outside federal court in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. A judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes to halt construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline until their lawsuit over the project is resolved. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier, center, talks with Madonna Thunder Hawk, left, of the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, before speaking to reporters outside federal court in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. A judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes to halt construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline until their lawsuit over the project is resolved. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier, center, and Madonna Thunder Hawk, left, of the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, wait to speak to reporters outside federal court in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. A judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes to halt construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline until their lawsuit over the project is resolved. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier waits to speak to reporters outside federal court in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. A judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes to halt construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline until their lawsuit over the project is resolved. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Harold Frazier waits to speak to reporters outside federal court in Washington, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. A judge has rejected a request by two American Indian tribes to halt construction of the remaining section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline until their lawsuit over the project is resolved. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)