LOS ANGELES — Dozens of members of swift-water rescue teams in Southern California started to go to Oroville to help cover the emergency involving its dam and spillway but were cancelled early this morning, authorities said.
The teams from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, Orange County Fire Authority and Long Beach Fire Department were all cancelled while on the road to Oroville, said Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Ed Pickett, adding that the crisis in Oroville has eased a bit.
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State officials said late Sunday that water stopped spilling over the emergency spillway as the lake level dropped and that the emergency spillway’s concrete lip was holding, according to news reports.
The swift-water rescue teams are all part of an Urban Search and Rescue task force that provides mutual aid when called upon.
About 200,000 people remained evacuated from the Oroville area due to concerns over damage to Oroville Dam spillways.
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