Disaster_Accident

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On Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, St. Vrain Creek in Longmont, Colo., flows past a bridge destroyed in flooding days earlier. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Manuel taken at 3:45 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Manuel was a Category 1 hurricane hugging Mexico's coast early Thursday and expected to produce 75 mph winds and between 5 and 10 inches of rain over the state of Sinaloa. (AP Photo/NOAA)

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Law enforcement officials from multiple agencies examine the two cars pulled from Foss Lake, in Foss, Okla., Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. The Oklahoma State Medical Examiner’s Office says authorities have recovered skeletal remains of multiple bodies in the Oklahoma lake where the cars were recovered. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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A bus passenger is taken to an ambulance following a collision between a Via Rail train and city transit bus in Ottawa's west end on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)

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Officials respond to the scene where a city bus collided with a Via Rail passenger train at a crossing in Ottawa, the Canadian capital, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013. An Ottawa Fire spokesman told CP24 television there are “multiple fatalities” and a number are injured from the bus, but there were no injuries on the train. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Terry Pedwell)

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Two women are hoisted into a Blackhawk helicopter as they are rescued near Jamestown, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, during a helicopter search of the area devastated by flooding. (AP Photo/Denver Post, Joe Amon, Pool)

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Fire officials stand near the area where a day earlier a massive fire burned a large portion of the boardwalk on Sept. 13, 2013, in Seaside Park, N.J. The fire, which apparently started in an ice cream shop and spread several blocks, hit the recently repaired boardwalk, which was damaged last year by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

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A television crew films the Costa Concordia ship as it lies on its side on the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, early Monday morning, Sept. 16, 2013. An international team of engineers is trying a never-before attempted strategy to set upright the luxury liner, which capsized after striking a reef in 2012 killing 32 people. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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The Costa Concordia lies on its side on the Tuscan Island of Giglio, Italy, early Tuesday morning, Sept. 17, 2013. Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia off the reef where the cruise ship capsized in January 2012 and are poised to set it upright. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Law enforcement personnel gather outside the gate of the Navy Yard on Monday. Law enforcement sources say that by the time the ATF arrived, local police had fatally shot a suspect. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service soon took over, the sources said, but as fatalities were confirmed, the FBI became the lead agency. FBI spokesmen did not respond to calls and emails. (Associated Press)

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Homeowner Chris Ringdahl is comforted by family friend Katherine MacIntosh in front of her possessions as they clean up from the floodwaters in Longmont, Colo., on Monday. Floodwaters have affected a 4,500-square-mile section of the state, inundating entire neighborhoods and destroying bridges and roads. Officials turned thoughts to rebuilding. (associated press)

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A woman is helped off of a military helicopter at the Boulder Municipal Airport in Boulder, Colo., on Monday after being rescued. Thousands of people remained stranded by high water and washed out roads in the state after flooding.