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Dam risk forces thousands to evacuate their homes in California

More than 180,000 people in northern California have been told to evacuate their homes after both overflow channels at the tallest dam in the US were found to be damaged. Dan Damon talked to Meagan Savaydra who had to leave her home near the Oroville Dam.

(Picture: Water crashes through the main spillway at the Oroville Dam Credit: AP)

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