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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)
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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)
