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An emergency worker is examined by paramedics at the scene of an apartment building that collapsed in Washington, Pa., Wednesday July 12, 2017. (Nate Guidry/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

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Emergency workers examine the front of an apartment building that collapsed in Washington, Pa., Wednesday July 12, 2017. Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)

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Emergency workers examine an apartment building that collapsed in Washington, Pa., Wednesday July 12, 2017. Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)

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A man is helped by emergency personnel as he is rescued from a partially collapsed building, Wednesday July 12, 2017, in Washington, Pa. (Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)

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Emergency workers examine an apartment building that collapsed in Washington, Pa., Wednesday July 12, 2017. (Nate Guidry/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

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A man is helped by emergency personnel after he was rescued from a partially collapsed building, Wednesday July 12, 2017, in Washington, Pa. (Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)

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Mundelein, Ill., Fire Department's Lt. Tim Starky talks to residents on Lincoln Avenue before shutting off their natural gas main Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017. Flooding hit the Chicago suburb as storms moved through the area. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)

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Police officers close down Route 45 at Division Street Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017, due to flooding following heavy rainfall in Mundelein, Ill. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)

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A woman stands by a flooded street Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017, in Mundelein, Ill. Flooding hit the Chicago suburb as storms moved through the area. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)

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City of Elgin, Ill., public works employees work to clear drains Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017, after drenching rains caused flooding in streets and homes. (Rick West/Daily Herald via AP)

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Mundelein, Ill., resident Jorge Calvillo removes a stray garbage can that floated into driveway Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017, after heavy rains caused flooding in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)

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Jorge Morales and his son Ariel, try to clear drains in front of his home in Mundelein, Ill., Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017. Flooding hit the Chicago suburb as storms moved through the area. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)

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A tractor-trailer drives through high water in Franklin, Ind., Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Storms packing heavy rains and strong winds caused road flooding and scattered damage across central Indiana a day after at least two tornadoes hit northern Indiana. (Sarah Stier/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Nials Johnson looks at his submerged Buick Sabre in Franklin, Ind., Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Johnson's car had been stolen the previous week, and he had only had it back for three days before the floods hit. "It's my baby," said Johnson. (Sarah Stier/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Kyle Morgan pumps water out of his front yard in Whiteland, Ind., Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Storms packing heavy rains and strong winds caused road flooding and scattered damage across central Indiana a day after at least two tornadoes hit northern Indiana. (Sarah Stier/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

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Investigators survey the scene of a multi-vehicle accident that claimed multiple lives on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, on westbound Interstate 70 just west of Bonner Springs, Kans. The crash closed the highway in both directions for about two hours. (Keith Myers/The Kansas City Star via AP)

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A girl carries a bucket filled with water from a well that is allegedly contaminated with cholera bacteria, on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The U.N. health agency said Tuesday that plans to ship cholera vaccine to Yemen are likely to be shelved over security, access and logistical challenges in the war-torn country. Yemen's suspected cholera caseload has surged past 313,000, causing over 1,700 deaths in the world's largest outbreak. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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FILE - In this file image taken from Jan 6, 2008, video footage by AP Video, Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview in his home in Beijing, China. Liu is in life-threatening condition with multiple organ failure and his family has opted against inserting a breathing tube needed to keep him alive, the hospital treating him said Wednesday. (AP Video via AP, File)

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In this file image taken from Jan 6, 2008, video footage by AP Video, Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview in his home in Beijing, China. Liu is in life-threatening condition with multiple organ failure and his family has opted against inserting a breathing tube needed to keep him alive, the hospital treating him said Wednesday. (AP Video via AP, File)

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Military aircraft sit on the tarmac at the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y, Tuesday July 11, 2017. Officials said a Marine Corps refueling plane that crashed and burned on Monday in the Mississippi Delta, killing all 16 military members aboard, was based at the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh. The victims' identities were not immediately released. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)