La presa dañada de Oroville

Nirmal Singh, a Sikh priest, conducts a morning prayer ritual as evacuees sleep in the background at the Shri Guru Ravidass, a Sikh temple that has opened its doors for evacuees of the Oroville Dam crisis in Rio Linda, Calif.

Juan Pablo Cervantes, 4, bottom left, remains asleep as the priests conduct their morning prayers at 6 a.m. at the Shri Guru Ravidass, a Sikh temple that has opened its doors for evacuees of the Oroville Dam crisis in Rio Linda, Calif.

Sunsagam Preet Kaur, 11, from left, Kamlesh Nahar, Muskan Kaur, 5, and Kaveen Kaur, 12, are part of a groupe of evacuees staying at the Shri Guru Ravidass Temple.

Kamlesh Nahar, left, and her daughter, Manita Sidhu, right, sip chai tea for breakfast after spending the night at the Shri Guru Ravidass, a Sikh temple that has opened its doors for all evacuees of the Oroville Dam crisis, in Rio Linda, Calif.

Kamlesh Nahar, far left, talks to fellow evacuees at the Shri Guru Ravidass Temple.

Children from the Cervantes family, from Olivehurst, Jesus, 11, center, Juan Pablo, 4, center bottom, and Eibeth, 8, right, play as they get settled in for the night in the prayer room at the Shri Guru Ravidass Temple.

Oroville evacuees Alejandra Mendoza, right, plays a card game with her cousin Liset Lopez during a second night at the Bangor Community Hall in Bangor, Calif.

Maria Lopez reads on her smartphone as she spends a second night in her father’s car in the parking lot of the Bangor Community Hall.

Sharon Dalton finds a quiet spot under a table as she spends a second night with her dog Cruiser inside the Bangor Community Hall.

Verna Chadwick and 10-month-old son Raiden Ellis during a second night in the Bangor Community Hall.

The emergency spillway, left, and the damaged main spillway at Lake Oroville are seen in an aerial photo Monday.

A dump truck crosses the primary spillway to deliver boulders to the damaged emergency spillway at Lake Oroville on Monday evening.

Helicopters place large rocks on the damaged emergency spillway at Lake Oroville on Monday evening.

Around-the-clock monitoring continues on the damaged primary spillway at Lake Oroville on Monday evening.

Water rushes down a spillway at the Oroville Dam.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

An aerial view shows damage at the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville.

California Department of Fish and Game wardens view the damaged spillway on Monday.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Bill O’Kelley, 86, and wife Doris O’Kelley, 84, of Oroville sit near a flagpole Monday at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds evacuation center in Chico, Calif.

Coua Tha, of Oroville prepares a meal for her family in the parking lot at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds evacuation center in Chico, Calif.

Desiree Garcia and daughter Kay’lee Pearl Garcia, 3, of Oroville look over donated clothing Monday at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds evacuation center in Chico, Calif.

Members of Oroville’s Jordan Crossing Mission pray with a volunteer service member Monday at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds evacuation shelter in Chico, Calif.

The swollen Feather River flows through Oroville, Calif., on Monday.

Water rushes down a spillway as an emergency measure at the Oroville Dam. Almost 200,000 people were under evacuation orders in Northern California after a threat of catastrophic failure at the United States’ tallest dam.

A building is submerged in Riverbend Park as more water is released from Lake Oroville.

Siblings Zach Soto, 11, left, and Gabby Soto, 13, keep an eye on the Feather River along a railroad bridge in Oroville, Calif., on Monday. The family decided to stay in Oroville as they live on high ground near downtown.

Kendra Curieo waits in traffic to evacuate Marysville, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. She was among thousands Northern Californians told to leave their homes.

A driver waits in traffic to evacuate Marysville, Calif., on Sunday

Water flows down the damaged main spillway of the Oroville Dam at 55,000 cubic feet per second into the Feather River.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Water from Lake Oroville flows down the damaged main spillway.

Water from Lake Oroville flows down the emergency spillway of the Oroville Dam toward the Feather River.

Pacific Gas & Electric crews aided by a helicopter removed transmission lines and insulators from towers standing in the bed of the emergency spillway of Lake Oroville.

PG&E crews remove power lines and insulators from transmission towers as a precaution as water flows down the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville.

Water flows into the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville on Feb. 11, 2017.

Millions of gallons of rushing water continue to pound and erode the concrete Oroville Dam spillway on Friday.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A rainbow appears over Feather River as water cascades down the damaged spillway at Lake Oroville Dam.

Water cascades down the spillway below Oroville Dam. The water is being released by authorities to avoid flooding at Lake Oroville because of recent heavy rain.  (David Butow / For The Times)

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. crews move two electric transmission line towers on the bank of Feather River as a precaution if the Lake Oroville Dam emergency spillway needs to be used.

A California Highway Patrol cruiser patrols Lake Oroville Dam, which is closed to the public due to the damaged spillway.

A hillside next to the Lake Oroville Dam spillway has been eroded.

Crews from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. work to move two electric transmission line towers.

Water cascades down the spillway below the Oroville dam. The water is being released by authorities to ease flooding in Lake Oroville because of recent heavy rain.

Butte Country Sheriff Kory L. Honea speaks with department of water and power workers at an overlook as the observe runoff from the Oroville Dam.

Water trickles down as workers inspect part of the Lake Oroville spillway failure in Oroville, Calif.

Eric See, spokesman for the state Department of Water Resources, briefs members of the media on the current conditions of the damaged spillway in Oroville.

A boat launch at Bidwell Canyon is still hundreds of yards above the current lake level on Jan. 21, 2016.

California State Park Ranger Bryan Taylor searches for signs of disturbance or theft as California’s severe drought conditions are revealing historic artifacts at Lake Oroville, June 21, 2014.

Severe drought conditions are evident as a family treks across a long path back to their car at Lake Oroville, June 21, 2014.

Houseboats are dwarfed by steep banks that show the water level down 160 feet from the high water mark at the Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge over Lake Oroville on June 21, 2014.

Houseboats at Bidwell Canyon Marina at Lake Oroville, January 21, 2016.