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This March 14, 2017, photo shows Jim and Maryann O'Neill's home in a back bay neighborhood of Manahawkin N.J., surrounded by water after a moderate storm. Back bay flooding is a type of recurring nuisance flooding that affects millions of Americans and which experts agree has not been as widely addressed as oceanfront flooding, in part because potential solutions are much more difficult. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This April 26, 2017 photo shows a garage door on a home in Ocean City on the edge of a back bay that floods regularly, and has rusted the metal door. Scientists and people living in back-bay areas behind barrier islands say flooding is increasing, even as the problem gets less attention and money than flooding along the ocean. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This March 14, 2017, photo shows the flooded streets of a back bay neighborhood in Manahawkin N.J., after a moderate storm. Scientists and people living in back-bay areas behind barrier islands say flooding is increasing, even as the problem gets less attention and money than flooding along the ocean. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this April 26, 2017, photo Jim O'Neill walks through a flooded street in front of his home in Manahawkin N.J., after a moderate storm. He lives in a low-lying area near the Jersey shore, and is often affected by back bay flooding, a type of recurring nuisance flooding that's affecting millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this Sunday, May 28, 2017 photo, U.S. Coast Guard rescue a U.S. Navy Seal who fell into the Hudson River after his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration over the river in Jersey City, N.J. The Navy said the parachutist was pronounced dead at Jersey City Medical Center. (Joe Shine/The Jersey Journal via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2016, file photo, retired Fire Department of New York firefighter and Sept. 11 first responder Ray Pfeifer, left, holds the key to the city he was given at New York's City Hall, and is applauded by Jon Stewart. Pfeifer, who spent months at the World Trade Center site digging through debris and then fought for health care for first responders even when wracked with late-stage cancer, died Sunday, May 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2016, file photo, retired Fire Department of New York firefighter and Sept. 11 first responder Ray Pfeifer attends ceremonies where he received the key to the city at New York's City Hall. Pfeifer, who spent months at the World Trade Center site digging through debris and then fought for health care for first responders even when wracked with late-stage cancer, died Sunday, May 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
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In this grab taken from video, men stand near to a vehicle crushed by branches from a fallen tree, in a residential area of Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 29, 2017. Thunderstorms and strong winds buffeted Moscow and its surrounding areas on Monday, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, Russian officials said. (AP)
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In this grab taken from video, people stand near to a vehicle covered with branches from a fallen tree following a storm, in a residential area of Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 29, 2017. Thunderstorms and strong winds buffeted Moscow and its surrounding areas on Monday, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, Russian officials said. (AP)
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Officers arrest suspect Willie Corey Godbolt on Sunday, May 28, 2017, following several fatal shootings Saturday in Lincoln County, Miss., officials said. (Therese Apel/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
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A plume of smoke from a wildfire burning above Mandeville Canyon Road in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles is seen from the San Fernando Valley, Sunday, May 28, 2017. Ground crews got help from water-dropping aircraft battling two brush fires in Los Angeles on Sunday. (AP Photo/John Antczak)
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This photo provided by KCBS-TV/CBSLA shows a plume of smoke from a wildfire burning above Mandeville Canyon Road, behind the Getty Center, center, and the Hotel Angeleno, right, in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, Sunday, May 28, 2017. (KCBS-TV/CBSLA via AP)
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This still photo from video provided by KNBC-TV shows a hot spot from a wildfire above Mandeville Canyon Road in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles Sunday, May 28, 2017. Ground crews got help from water-dropping aircraft battling two brush fires in Los Angeles Sunday. The fire scorched several acres of dry brush. To the northeast, a fire was burning away from foothill homes in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood and into Angeles National Forest. (KNBC-TV Via AP)
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This still photo from video provided by KNBC-TV shows a home that has escaped damage as flames burned past it above Mandeville Canyon Road in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, Sunday, May 28, 2017. Ground crews got help from water-dropping aircraft battling two brush fires in Los Angeles Sunday. The fire scorched several acres of dry brush. To the northeast, a fire was burning away from foothill homes in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood and into Angeles National Forest. (KNBC-TV Via AP)
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This still photo from video provided by KNBC-TV shows Mandeville Canyon Road, lower left, and large burned area in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles Sunday, May 28, 2017. Ground crews got help from water-dropping aircraft battling two brush fires in Los Angeles Sunday. The fire scorched several acres of dry brush. To the northeast, a fire was burning away from foothill homes in the Lake View Terrace neighborhood and into Angeles National Forest. (KNBC-TV Via AP)
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A helicopter makes a water drop on a hillside after a wildfire broke out in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, Sunday, May 28, 2017. A dark plume of smoke was visible for miles as the fire consumed moderate to thick brush near Mandeville Canyon Road, a dead end road that snakes up a deep canyon lined by expensive view homes. A few residents voluntarily left but no homes were damaged. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
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A helicopter makes a water drop on a hillside after a wildfire broke out in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, Sunday, May 28, 2017. A dark plume of smoke was visible for miles as the fire consumed moderate to thick brush near Mandeville Canyon Road, a dead end road that snakes up a deep canyon lined by expensive view homes. A few residents voluntarily left but no homes were damaged. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
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Firefighters, lower right, work to contain a wildfire that broke out in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, Sunday, May 28, 2017. A dark plume of smoke was visible for miles as the fire consumed moderate to thick brush near Mandeville Canyon Road, a dead end road that snakes up a deep canyon lined by expensive view homes. A few residents voluntarily left but no homes were damaged. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
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Mountaingate Residents watch a wildfire near their home in Brentwood, Calif., Sunday, May 28. 2017. Ground crews getting help from water-dropping aircraft are battling two brush fires in Los Angeles. A small blaze Sunday near large homes in the Mandeville Canyon area above Brentwood is sending up a huge plume of smoke visible for miles. (David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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People embrace Sunday, May 28, 2017, outside a Bogue Chitto, Miss., house where several people were fatally killed during a house-to-house shooting rampage Saturday in Lincoln County, Miss. A man was arrested Sunday in the shooting rampage that left several people dead, including a sheriff's deputy. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)