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Bob Paganucci explains how his home is surrounded by about four feet of water as he cannot get to his home on Park Avenue as flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017 in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II)/Daily Herald via AP)
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Flooding continued Monday, July 17, 2017, in Fox Lake, Ill., along the Chain O' Lakes. Flood conditions are expected to remain in areas of northern Illinois through Thursday as residents brace themselves for more rain. (Gilbert R Boucher II/Daily Herald via AP)
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This image made from a Saturday, July 15, 2017, video provided by Nancy Coto shows a flash flooding at the Cold Springs' swimming hole in the Tonto National Forest, near Payson, Ariz. The flash flood in an Arizona river canyon began its deadly descent a surge of churning water, black with cinders from a recent wildfire and choked with tumbling tree trunks and limbs. Coto, 17, said she was stuck for four hours on a slab of rock with her boyfriend and his family before they were able to walk out. (Courtesy of Nancy Coto via AP)
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In this image made from a Saturday, July 15, 2017, video provided by Nancy Coto, Lily Wendt, a sister of Coto's boyfriend, standing by the Wendts' dog Bandit, watches a flash flooding at the Cold Springs' swimming hole in the Tonto National Forest, near Payson, Ariz. The flash flood in an Arizona river canyon began its deadly descent a surge of churning water, black with cinders from a recent wildfire and choked with tumbling tree trunks and limbs. Coto, 17, said she was stuck for four hours on a slab of rock with her boyfriend and his family before they were able to walk out. (Courtesy of Nancy Coto via AP)
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Storm clouds loom over Tonto National Forest, Ariz., where rescuers are still searching for a missing 27-year-old man washed away by floodwaters, Monday, July 17, 2017. Sheriff's officials said thunderstorms and heavy rain could endanger rescuers searching upstream. A torrent of water came Saturday as people were cooling off in a creek when a rainstorm upstream unleashed floodwaters that killed nearly a dozen people. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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Gila County Sheriff's Office Detective David Hornung updates the media at the First Crossing recreation area during the ongoing search and rescue operation for a victim in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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This March 18, 2017 photo shows an area of Ellison Creek, a popular area in Tonto National Forest near Payson, Ariz. On Saturday, July 15, 2017, a flash flood through the area swept nearly a dozen people to their deaths. The flood was the result of a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall just upstream, unleashing 6-foot-high floodwaters, dark with ash from a summer wildfire. (AP Photo/Clarice Silber)
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Dead trees, other debris and mud come to a stop near the First Crossing recreation area during the search and rescue operation for a victim in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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First responders gather at the Water Wheel recreation area where victims were caught in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Gila County Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd speaks to The Associated Press on the three-day search for a missing 27-year-old man in Tonto National Forest, Ariz., on Monday, July 17, 2017. The man was swept downriver with more than a dozen others when floodwaters inundated the area on Saturday. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
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(Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley)
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The entrance sign to the Water Wheel recreation area points the the waters where victims were caught in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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This March 18, 2017 photo shows an area of Ellison Creek, a popular area in Tonto National Forest near Payson, Ariz. On Saturday, July 15, 2017, a flash flood through the area swept nearly a dozen people to their deaths. The flood was the result of a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall just upstream, unleashing 6-foot-high floodwaters, dark with ash from a summer wildfire. (AP Photo/Clarice Silber)
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Gila County Sheriff's Office Detective David Hornung updates the media at the First Crossing recreation area during the ongoing search and rescue operation for a victim in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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This Saturday, July 15, 2017, image taken from video provided by Mindy Russell shows a rescue helicopter picking up people who survived a flash flood at a popular swimming hole that swept several people to their deaths in the Tonto National Forest near Payson, Ariz. The flooded area is at lower right. The flood was the result of a thunderstorm that dumped heavy rainfall just upstream, unleashing 6-foot-high floodwaters, dark with ash from a summer wildfire. (Mindy Russell via AP)
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The muddy water was much lower near the Water Wheel recreation area where victims were caught in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The muddy water was much lower near the Water Wheel recreation area where victims were caught in a flash flood along the banks of the East Verde River Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Members of the Tonto Rim Search and Rescue Team comb the muddy East Verde River near the entrance to the First Crossing recreation area during the search and rescue operation for a victim in a flash flood Monday, July 17, 2017, in Payson, Ariz. The bodies of several children and adults have been found after Saturday's flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area in the Tonto National Forest. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Mikeal Rafayel Sardarov pleaded no contest Monday, July 17, 2017, to second-degree murder in the death of his wife's infant nephew, Liam Fink. Sardarov was watching the child Feb. 28, 2016, when Liam sustained fatal injuries. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP)
