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Burnt trees line a dirt road leading to a wildfire near Big Bear, Calif., on Tuesday June 20, 2017. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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A fire continues to burn along Highway 143 Tuesday, June 20, 2017, near Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire that destroyed one home and damaged another while forcing hundreds of people to evacuate a Utah ski town was started by somebody using a torch to kill weeds, Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Herbert, who toured the fire-damaged area around Brian Head, tweeted that experts told him the weed torch was used in dry conditions. He urged people to be extra careful during hot, dry days. (Jordan Allred/The Spectrum & Daily News, via AP)
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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert talks to reporters about the fire outside the Giant Steps Lodge Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire that destroyed one home and damaged another while forcing hundreds of people to evacuate a Utah ski town was started by somebody using a torch to kill weeds, Gov. Gary Herbert said. Herbert, who toured the fire-damaged area around Brian Head, tweeted that experts told him the weed torch was used in dry conditions. He urged people to be extra careful during hot, dry days. (Jordan Allred/The Spectrum & Daily News, via AP)
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A fire continues to burn along Highway 143 Tuesday, June 20, 2017, near Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire that destroyed one home and damaged another while forcing hundreds of people to evacuate a Utah ski town was started by somebody using a torch to kill weeds, Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Herbert, who toured the fire-damaged area around Brian Head, tweeted that experts told him the weed torch was used in dry conditions. He urged people to be extra careful during hot, dry days. (Jordan Allred/The Spectrum & Daily News, via AP)
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FILE- This Dec. 3, 2016 file image from video provided by KGO-TV shows the Ghost Ship Warehouse after a fire swept through the Oakland, Calif., building. More than six months after the Dec. 2 blaze at the warehouse that authorities said was illegally converted into living quarters, the Oakland Fire Department has released a 50-page report filled with harrowing details of death and panic as the flames and deadly smoke spread. The report contains many previously unknown details about the nation's deadliest structure fire in more than 14 years and says investigators could not determine the cause of the blaze due to extensive fire damage. (KGO-TV via AP, File)
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FILE - This June 7, 2017, file photo, Jodie Ferguson leaves flowers at a small memorial for the victims of a fatal shooting in Sandy, Utah. Sandy Police Chief Kevin Thacker spoke at a news conference Tuesday, June 20, 2017, after questions were raised about whether police missed chances to help victim Memorez Rackley when she reported her ex-boyfriend was threatening her and her children. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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File - In this Dec. 13, 2016 file photo, a ladder stands inside the charred Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, Calif. More than six months after the Dec. 2 blaze at the warehouse that authorities said was illegally converted into living quarters, the Oakland Fire Department has released a 50-page report filled with harrowing details of death and panic as the flames and deadly smoke spread. The report contains many previously unknown details about the nation's deadliest structure fire in more than 14 years and says investigators could not determine the cause of the blaze due to extensive fire damage. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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File - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, an Oakland police officer guards the area in front of the art collective warehouse known as the Ghost Ship in the aftermath of a fire in Oakland, Calif. More than six months after the Dec. 2 blaze at the warehouse that authorities said was illegally converted into living quarters, the Oakland Fire Department has released a 50-page report filled with harrowing details of death and panic as the flames and deadly smoke spread. The report contains many previously unknown details about the nation's deadliest structure fire in more than 14 years and says investigators could not determine the cause of the blaze due to extensive fire damage.(AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Workmen with the city and volunteers help to shore up gaps in the levee in Lafitte, La. as Tropical Storm Cindy threatens the Louisiana coast, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Ted Jackson/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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This satellite image taken Tuesday, June 20, 2017, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico approaching the Gulf Coast. Tropical Storm Cindy hovered over the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana on Tuesday, churning tides and spinning bands of rain over the central and eastern Gulf Coast. (NOAA via AP)
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Fisherman Thiet Tran said he was coming in early from Lake Borgne because of the bad weather. He looks up at the clouds while docked in Bayou Bienvenue as Tropical Storm Cindy heads toward Louisiana on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Chris Granger/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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Tropical Storm Cindy winds push water about 1-2 feet above normal in Shell Beach, La., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Chris Granger/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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A man and his dog pack up their belongings from the neutral ground on Poland Ave. as they take shelter from the first wave of rain to hit New Orleans as Tropical Storm Cindy heads toward Louisiana on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Chris Granger/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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Workmen with the city and volunteers help to shore up gaps in the levee in Lafitte, La. as Tropical Storm Cindy threatens the Louisiana coast, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Ted Jackson/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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In this Monday, June 19, 2017 photo Fremont County undersheriff Ryan Lee inspects a bridge that was destroyed by flooding outside of Riverton, Wyo. Flooding has damaged some rural roads in Fremont County but all major highways, including U.S. 26, reopened by Tuesday. (Daniel Bendsten /The Ranger via AP)
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Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Lee Smithson, warns of a serious threat of flooding along the Gulf Coast from heavy rain bands predicted to fall out from Tropical Storm Cindy, Tuesday afternoon, June 20, 2017, at MEMA headquarters in Pearl, Miss. A number of Mississippi communities are handing out sandbags as rain threatened low-lying areas along rivers and bayous. Flash flooding in low lying areas throughout the southern counties as well as long term flooding along some of the coastal rivers is expected. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A brightly hued rainfall map provide the background as Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Lee Smithson, warns of a serious threat of flooding along the Gulf Coast from heavy rain bands predicted to fall out from Tropical Storm Cindy, Tuesday afternoon, June 20, 2017, at MEMA headquarters in Pearl, Miss. A number of Mississippi communities are handing out sandbags as rain threatened low-lying areas along rivers and bayous. Flash flooding in low lying areas throughout the southern counties as well as long term flooding along some of the coastal rivers is expected. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Lee Smithson, warns of a serious threat of flooding along the Gulf Coast from heavy rain bands predicted to fall out from Tropical Storm Cindy, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at MEMA headquarters in Pearl, Miss. A number of Mississippi communities are handing out sandbags as rain threatened low-lying areas along rivers and bayous. Flash flooding in low lying areas throughout the southern counties as well as long term flooding along some of the coastal rivers is expected. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 15, 2017, file photo, an Uber car drives through LaGuardia Airport in New York. Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart. Besides the built-in tipping option announced Tuesday, June 20, 2017, Uber is giving drivers an opportunity to make more money when passengers keep them waiting or don’t cancel rides within two minutes. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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A crew from Juarez Construction sits under their excavator during a break to avoid the heat, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Tempe, Ariz. Phoenix hit a high of 118 on Monday with an excessive heat warning in place until Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt York)
