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Jonas Cheramie, left, and his sister Lainey Cheramie, watch storm clouds from Tropical Storm Cindy, as they babysit A.J. Aaron, 5, in Lafitte, La., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Storm surge, coupled with high tide, leaves a pier on East Beach in Ocean Springs nearly submerged as Tropical Storm Cindy moves onshore in Ocean Springs, Miss., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (Warren Kulo/The Mississippi Press via AP)
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Storm surge and heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Cindy cause flooding in many areas of the Mississippi coast, including this area at the foot of Washington Avenue just off Front Beach in Ocean Springs, Miss., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (Warren Kulo/The Mississippi Press via AP)
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Volunteers put out sand bags due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Cindy in Lafitte, La., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Tropical Storm Cindy sent drenching rain bands over the north Gulf Coast on Wednesday, swamping low-lying coastal roads and pushing a waterspout ashore in one beachfront community as residents from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle warily eyed the storm's slow crawl toward land. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert2
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Volunteers put out sand bags due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Cindy in Lafitte, La., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Tropical Storm Cindy sent drenching rain bands over the north Gulf Coast on Wednesday, swamping low-lying coastal roads and pushing a waterspout ashore in one beachfront community as residents from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle warily eyed the storm's slow crawl toward land. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Signage indicates to drivers that The Big Store on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas is out of gas as a storm pushed towards landfall Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the State Operations Center to raise its readiness level. He also activated four Texas Task Force 1 boat squads and two Texas Military Department vehicles squads of five vehicles each to respond to any weather-related emergencies. (Guiseppe Barranco/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
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Dustin Shelton fills sandbags at Orange County Precinct 3's maintenance barn in Bridge City, Texas, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in preparation for Tropical Storm Cindy. (Ryan Pelham/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
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Vehicles navigate past waves and debris washing over State Highway 87 as Tropical Storm Cindy approaches Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in High Island, Texas. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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CORRECTS YEAR TO 2017 FROM 2007 - In this June 16, 2017, photo, Kaleb Sease, of rural McClusky, N.D., stands by the water delivery truck he drives for the Co-op Elevator of McClusky's chemical sales. He said there isn't much call for herbicide out in the countryside without a crop this year, plus he has the additional stress of maintaining his own and family cows in drought conditions. Nearly one-third of North Dakota is in severe drought, and the National Weather Service said there's no relief on the horizon. (Lauren Donovan/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)
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FILE - In this Monday, May 15, 2017 file photo, people are treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. The U.N. health agency and some major partners have agreed on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 to send 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen to help stanch a spiraling and increasingly deadly caseload in the impoverished country, which is already facing war and the risk of famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, file)
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Adam Ruelas of the Mill Creek Hot Shots lights a backfire as they battle a wildfire near Big Bear, Calif., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Mandatory evacuations have been called for homes as a wildfire burns in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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Members of the Mill Creek Hot Shots prepare to battle a wildfire near Big Bear, Calif., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Mandatory evacuations have been called for homes as a wildfire burns in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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A tree and power pole are consumed by a wildfire near Big Bear, Calif., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Mandatory evacuations have been called for homes as a wildfire burns in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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A Destin Beach Safety truck drives past tourists as it patrols the shoreline along Destin, Fla., on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Tropical Storm Cindy has churned up the Gulf of Mexico, causing dangerous surf and closing beaches along the Florida panhandle. (Annie Blanks/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
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Beachgoers walk along Okaloosa Island near Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Tropical Storm Cindy has churned up the Gulf of Mexico, causing high surf and heavy winds along coastal northwest Florida. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
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The dugout of a baseball field is destroyed in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, as severe weather from Tropical Storm Cindy brushed along the northwest coast of Florida Wednesday morning. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
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A wooden structure is embedded in backstop of a baseball field in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. A line of severe weather from Tropical Storm Cindy battered this northwest Florida community early Wednesday morning. [Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
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In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017 photo, a surfer rides a wave near the Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier near Fort Walton Beach, Fla.. Tropical Storm Cindy churned up the Gulf of Mexico, causing high surf and heavy winds along coastal northwest Florida. (Devon Ravine/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
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Volunteers put out sand bags due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Cindy in Lafitte, La., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Tropical Storm Cindy sent drenching rain bands over the north Gulf Coast on Wednesday, swamping low-lying coastal roads and pushing a waterspout ashore in one beachfront community as residents from east Texas to the Florida Panhandle warily eyed the storm's slow crawl toward land. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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A television news crew reports from the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as weather from Tropical Storm Cindy, in the Gulf of Mexico, impacts the region in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
