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A helicopter kicks up dust as it lands at a staging area near the Oroville Dam on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. State officials have discussed using helicopters to drop loads of rock on the damaged emergency spillway of the dam. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In an aerial photo, workers load bags with rocks at the dam overlook area 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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In an aerial photo, the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville shows signs of damage from the water which spilled over recently, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. 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. 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. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
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In an aerial photo, the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville shows signs of damage from the water which spilled over recently, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. 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. 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. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
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Oroville, Calif., resident Patrick Cumings, left, holds his daughter, Elizabeth, and he stands with his wife, Elizabeth Cumings at the Red Cross evacuation center in Chico, Calif., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. The water level has dropped behind the Oroville Dam, nation's tallest dam, in Oroville reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of the Cumings and others downstream. (AP Photo/Don Thompson)
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Water continues to run down the main spillway at Lake Oroville on Monday, Feb. 12, 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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Barcelona's Luis Suarez, left, and Lionel Messi attend a training session at Parc des Princes stadium at the eve of the Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Barcelona at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi attends a training session at Parc des Princes stadium at the eve of the Champions League soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Barcelona at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2014, file photo, cars lie in a sinkhole that opened up at the Skydome showroom in the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. The museum said a prized Corvette still covered in dirt and debris from its 2014 fall into the sinkhole has been moved from display to undergo repairs. The museum said the restoration work on the 1962 Corvette will be done at the museum and visitors will be able to watch the progress in restoring the car. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr., File)
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This photo shows the emergency spillway at the Oroville Dam shortly early Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Water levels at Lake Oroville are continuing to drop Monday and stopping water from spilling over the spillway. Evacuations for people living below the lake were ordered Sunday 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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Lake water flows over the emergency spillway, bottom left, at Lake Oroville for the first time in the nearly 50-year history of the Oroville Dam Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. The dam opened in 1968. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
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In this photograph taken Dec. 14, 2016, a painter works underneath the Santa Catalina arch in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Established in 1543 as the territorial capital of the Spanish crown and abandoned after a series of earthquakes, the colonial city is home to preserved and colorful churches and mansions from the era and now is a tourist center. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)
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In this photograph taken Dec. 14, 2016, an indigenous woman walks on the street where the Santa Catalina arch is located in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala. Established in 1543 as the territorial capital of the Spanish crown and abandoned after a series of earthquakes, the colonial city is home to preserved and colorful churches and mansions from the era and now is a tourist center.(AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)
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Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, speaks during a news conference about the situation at the Oroville Dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. A Northern California sheriff says evacuation orders affecting thousands of people will stand until there is more information on the condition of the nation's tallest dam's emergency spillway. Croyle said officials will be able to assess the damage to the emergency spillway now that the water is no longer spilling over the top. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, speaks as Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea listens at a news conference about the situation at the Oroville Dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. Croyle said officials will be able to assess the damage to the emergency spillway now that the water is no longer spilling over the top. Honea said evacuation orders affecting thousands of people will stand until there is more information on the condition of the nation's tallest dam's emergency spillway. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea speaks during a news conference about the situation at the Oroville Dam on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Marysville, Calif. Honea said evacuation orders affecting thousands of people will stand until there is more information on the condition of the nation's tallest dam's emergency spillway. Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, said officials will be able to assess the damage to the emergency spillway now that the water is no longer spilling over the top. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Chris Mitchell fills his car with gas as his daughter, Austin, checks her mobile phone before evacuating Oroville, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Mitchell was among the thousands of area residents who left their homes Sunday evening as officials ordered residents near the Oroville Dam in Northern California to evacuate the area after an emergency spillway of the dam severely eroded. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Haley Miller peers into grocery store that was closed due to an evacuation order Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Thousands of Northern California residents remain under evacuation orders after authorities warned an emergency spillway in the country's tallest Oroville Dam was in danger of failing Sunday and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters on towns below. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A Butte County Sheriff's vehicle patrols a shopping center that had been evacuated due to an evacuation order Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Thousands of Northern California residents remain under evacuation orders after authorities warned an emergency spillway in the country's tallest Oroville Dam was in danger of failing Sunday and unleashing uncontrolled flood waters on towns below. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
