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A man moves a scooter from a flooded coastal road after an earthquake on the Greek island of Kos early Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands and Turkey's Aegean coast early Friday morning, damaging buildings and a port, authorities said. (Kostoday.gr via AP)

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People walk at a flooded coastal road after an earthquake on the Greek island of Kos early Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands and Turkey's Aegean coast early Friday morning, damaging buildings and a port, authorities said. (Kostoday.gr via AP)

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People sit at a square after an earthquake on the Greek island of Kos early Friday, July 21, 2017. A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands and Turkey's Aegean coast early Friday morning, damaging buildings and a port and killing at least two people, authorities said. (Kostoday.gr via AP)

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This satellite imagery, posted Wednesday, July 19, 2017 on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration website, shows a large plume of smoke spreading hundreds of miles east from the Ditwiler fire, near Yosemite National Park in California's Sierra Nevada. Authorities say the stubborn wildfire burning in foothills west of Yosemite had destroyed dozens of structures while forcing thousands of people from their homes Wednesday. The San Francisco Bay Area is at left; Lake Tahoe is at top center. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP)

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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke in a green area of Naples, Italy, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Two buildings were evacuated. Wildfires have been ravaging swaths of Italy, mostly in the south, where the Coldiretti agricultural lobby says July rain levels were down 83 percent while temperatures were around 3 degrees Celsius higher. (Cesare Abbate/ANSA via AP)

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Members of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety and Security Team climb aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, off Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, July 20, 2017, as part of a training demonstration. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly speaks with a Coast Guardsman from the military branch’s new California-based Maritime Safety and Security Team after viewing a training demonstration aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen on Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly speaks with a Coast Guardsman from the military branch’s new California-based Maritime Safety and Security Team after viewing a training demonstration aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen on Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

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Members of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety and Security Team climb aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, off Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, July 20, 2017, as part of a training demonstration. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

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Members of the Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety and Security Team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, off Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, July 20, 2017, take part in a training demonstration. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly speaks with a Coast Guardsman from the military branch’s new California-based Maritime Safety and Security Team after viewing a training demonstration aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Aspen on Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

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Some of the passersby, several of whom tried to help, watch as flames engulf a car Thursday July 20, 2017, in Alton, Ill., with people trapped inside. The occupants of the vehicle were flown to a St. Louis hospital. (John Badman/The Telegraph via AP)

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Alton police officer Ryan Parker uses a fire extinguisher to try to slow the flames engulfing a car that crashed Thursday July 20, 2017, in Alton, Ill., as two people are inside. Firefighters were able to pull the driver free, but both occupants were flown to a St. Louis hospital. (John Badman/The Telegraph via AP)

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Alton Fire Chief Bernie Sebold, left, pushes a hose into a car after it was engulfed in flames after a crash as firefighters work to free an occupant Thursday July 20, 2017, in Alton, Ill. The occupants of the vehicle were flown to a St. Louis hospital. (John Badman/The Telegraph via AP)

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Alton Fire Chief Bernie Sebold, who arrived ahead of his equipment, uses a fire extinguisher to try and reach the driver of car that crashed Thursday July 20, 2017, in Alton, Ill., as flames engulf the vehicle. Firefighters were able to pull the driver free, but both occupants were flown to a St. Louis hospital. (John Badman/The Telegraph via AP)

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Alton police officer Ryan Parker uses a fire extinguisher to try to slow the flames engulfing a car that crashed Thursday July 20, 2017, in Alton, Ill., as two people are inside. Firefighters were able to pull the driver free, but both occupants were flown to a St. Louis hospital. (John Badman/The Telegraph via AP)

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Pedro Martinez makes his way across Main Street as many businesses are affected by flooding in downtown Arcadia, Wis., Thursday, July 20, 2017. Much of the town was flooded after Wednesday night's rain flooding the Trempealeau River and Turton Creek.(Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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A road buckled after flooding, Thursday, July 20, 2017 in Arcadia, Wis. Much of the town was flooded after Wednesday night's rain flooding the Trempealeau River and Turton Creek. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Arcadia firefighters help a family with flooding to their home, Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Arcadia, Wis. Several hundred people in the Trempealeau County city of Arcadia voluntarily evacuated flooded neighborhoods and the downtown area starting about 2:30 a.m., Mayor Robert Reichwein told The Associated Press. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)

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Many businesses were effected by flooding in downtown Arcadia, Wis., Thursday, July 20, 2017. Several hundred people in the Trempealeau County city of Arcadia voluntarily evacuated flooded neighborhoods and the downtown area starting about 2:30 a.m., Mayor Robert Reichwein told The Associated Press. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)