This is just a lifting of the mandatory evacuation, there is still an evacuation warning and all residents are being advised the mandatory evacuation could be reinstated at any time if conditions deteriorate.
They are still pumping 100K cfs down the normal spillway, this water is still cascading down the hole in that spillway and working its erosive magic on the lower slopes of the hill.
Crews are working to fix the erosion on the emergency spillway and around the normal spillway, but they cannot begin work on the normal spillway until they have levels down where they want them.
Things are much better and looking more manageable by the hour, but this is not over; and after all is said and done someone needs to explain why an ignored $6 million dollar repair has now lead to a $200 Million dollar and rising disaster.
We are not letting our guards down. But lifting the mandatory evacuation is a huge improvement in the situation.
Trump would do well to tell brown to take a long walk on a short dock when Brown comes begging for money.
You broke it, you fix it Jerry. And start yesterday
They are going to need to increase the capacity of the channelized river downstream to at least 2x what it is now. And build a spillway that can actually handle 300k cfs.