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Meet the Workers on the Front Lines at the Oroville Dam

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Winter storms pounding California this week caused flooding in many parts of the state -- including San Jose, where some 14,000 residents were under mandatory evacuation orders. That came on the heels of another massive evacuation in Butte County, where residents scrambled to find shelter when the crippled Oroville Dam spillway threatened a flood. That made Oroville the most talked-about dam in the nation. The crisis there hasn't passed. Hundreds of workers continue, day and night, to reinforce the dam's spillway. We spent some time with them.

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