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Smoke rises from wild fires burning on the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius volcano as the Castel dell'Ovo castle in seen in the foreground, in Naples, Italy, Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Firefighters are battling wildfires throughout southern Italy, including along the slopes of the volcano Mount Vesuvius near Naples. Wildfires have been raging for days, and Italy's civil protection agency on Tuesday said it was responding with helicopters to 18 blazes, including four in Campania, the region which includes Naples, and two each in Sicily and Basilicata. (Ciro Fusco/ANSA via AP)
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This Monday, July 10, 2017, photo shows the Gulf Coast Water Authority's industrial pump station in Texas City, Texas. The pump station, which was built in 1948 and supplies water to refineries in Texas City, has become corroded and must be replaced. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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This Monday, July 10, 2017, photo shows a leak in one of the pipes streams water from the Gulf Coast Water Authority's industrial pump station in Texas City, Texas. The pump station, which was built in 1948 and supplies water to refineries in Texas City, has become corroded and must be replaced. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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This Monday, July 10, 2017, photo shows the Gulf Coast Water Authority's industrial pump station in Texas City, Texas. The pump station, which was built in 1948 and supplies water to refineries in Texas City, has become corroded and must be replaced. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this Monday, July 10, 2017, photo, electrician James Anderson walks through the pump house at the Gulf Coast Water Authority's industrial pump station in Texas City, Texas. The pump station, which was built in 1948 and supplies water to refineries in Texas City, has become corroded and must be replaced. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this Monday, July 10, 2017, photo James Vanderwater explains the pump controls at the Gulf Coast Water Authority's industrial pump station in Texas City, Texas. The pump station, which was built in 1948 and supplies water to refineries in Texas City, has become corroded and must be replaced. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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This Monday, July 10, 2017 photo shows the Gulf Coast Water Authority's industrial pump station in Texas City. The pump station, which was built in 1948 and supplies water to refineries in Texas City, has become corroded and must be replaced. (Brett Coomer/=/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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In this Monday, July 10, 2017, photo, James Vanderwater stands where the new Gulf Coast Water Authority's industrial pump station is slated to be built in Texas City, Texas. The pump station, which was built in 1948 and supplies water to refineries in Texas City, has become corroded and must be replaced. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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A boy rinses a bucket as he and others collect 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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Emergency workers block off the street as they examine the front of an apartment building that collapsed in Washington, Pa., Wednesday July 12, 2017. (Nick Kratsas/Observer-Reporter via AP)
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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)