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The Trempealeau River flooded 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)
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Workers walk and climb through the rubble and mud Thursday, July 20, 2017, as they assess the damage from the Turton Creek flooding in Arcadia, Wis., following thunderstorms the night before. Several hundred people evacuated their homes early Thursday in the small western Wisconsin community. (Chuck Miller/The Daily News via AP)
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Residents survey the damage to North Oak Street on Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Arcadia, Wis., after it caved in and became impassable following thunderstorms the night before that caused Turton Creek to overflow its banks. Several hundred people evacuated their homes early Thursday in the small western Wisconsin community. (Chuck Miller/The Daily News via AP)
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A section of North Oak Street is caved in and impassable Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Arcadia, Wis., following thunderstorms the night before that caused nearby Turton Creek to overflow its banks. Several hundred people evacuated their homes early Thursday in the small western Wisconsin community. (Chuck Miller/The Daily news via AP)
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, left, talks with W.J. Murphy Elementary School Principal Phil Georgia as he tours the flood damaged school in Round Lake, Ill., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Steve Lundy/Daily Herald via AP)
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Flooding from heavy rains damaged the library at W.J. Murphy Elementary School in Round Lake, Ill. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner toured the flood damaged school on Wednesday. (Steve Lundy/Daily Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 28, 2011, file photo, an oil tanker is docked at the Exxon Mobile Baytown complex along the Houston Ship Channel in Baytown, Texas. Federal lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be filed claiming the agency has failed to correct Texas air pollution control permits with loopholes that make state enforcement rare. The suits, to be filed Thursday, July 20, 2017, by the nonprofit Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project, target permits for the largest integrated petrochemical factory in the U.S., three refineries near the Houston Ship Channel including the largest petroleum refinery in the U.S. and a coal-fired power plant east of Dallas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
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People protest ahead of a meeting of Kensington and Chelsea Council at Kensington Town Hall in west London, Wednesday July 19, 2017, the local authority in control of response to the recent Grenfell Tower fire. The fire at the Grenfell Tower residential bloc left dozens dead. (Ben Stevens/PA via AP)
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People protest ahead of a meeting of Kensington and Chelsea Council at Kensington Town Hall in west London, Wednesday July 19, 2017, the local authority in control of response to the recent Grenfell Tower fire. The fire at the Grenfell Tower residential bloc left dozens dead (Ben Stevens/PA via AP)
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Sun sets over burnt trees of the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. 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. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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A canadair firefighter airplane flies at dusk over the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. 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. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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FILE- In this Sunday, June 18, 2017, file photo, Portuguese firefighters work to stop a forest fire from reaching the village of Figueiro dos Vinhos in central Portugal. Portuguese lawmakers agreed Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on new measures to help contain the fires that race through the country's forests each summer, after one wildfire last month that killed 64 people. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte, file)
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Burnt trees are pictured in the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. 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. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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Burnt trees are pictured in the Castelfusano pine forest, near Rome, Italy, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. 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. (Massimo Percossi/ANSA via AP)
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In this May 3, 2017 photo, staffers of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District check equipment in Clovis, Calif., at one of several stations used to monitor the air quality. The vast San Joaquin Valley in California, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. The poor air quality is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production near Bakersfield, two major highways, a web of rail lines and the valley's bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this May 3, 2017 photo, equipment operated by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District checks air quality in Clovis, Calif., at one of several stations used by the district. The vast San Joaquin Valley in California, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. The poor air quality is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production near Bakersfield, two major highways, a web of rail lines and the valley's bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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In this June 8, 2017 photo, oil derricks are busy pumping as the moon rises near the La Paloma Generating Station in McKittrick, Calif. California’s vast San Joaquin Valley, the country’s most productive farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation’s dirtiest skies, forcing the state’s largest air district to spend more than $40 billion in the past quarter-century to enforce hundreds of stringent pollution rules. Its bad air is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production, two major highways, a web of rail lines - and the valley’s bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
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In this April 3, 2017 photo, dairy cows stand in a pen in Fresno County, Calif. California's vast San Joaquin Valley, the country's most fertile farming region, is engulfed by some of the nation's dirtiest air. Its bad air is the byproduct of booming farms, oil production, two major highways, a web of rail lines - and the valley’s bowl-shaped geography. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)
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This Tuesday, July 18, 2017 photo shows Our Lady of Joy Catholic Church in Carefree, Ariz., where Maria Raya-Garcia and her husband Hector Miguel Garnica worshipped and had their children baptized. Tragedy has left a hole in the Arizona community after the close-knit family and several extended family members were lost in a flash flood in a rocky canyon north of Phoenix while celebrating Raya-Garcia's birthday on Saturday, July 15. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Hector Garnica worked at the Horny Toad, a restaurant in Cave Creek, Ariz., on and off for eight years. Garnica remains missing Wednesday, July 19, 2017, while his wife and three children were some of nine family members confirmed dead when a flash flood ravaged a river in Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
