Disaster_Accident

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A North Carolina Air National Guard crew prepares a C-130 cargo plane for wildfire duty on Monday, July 2, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/North Carolina Air National Guard, Michael Wilber)

A pedestrian takes a look at downed trees blocking the entrance of a house in Baltimore on July 2, 2012, after a severe storm swept through the region four days earlier. Power outages left many to contend with stifling homes and spoiled food over the weekend as temperatures approached or exceeded 100 degrees. (Associated Press)

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An aboveground pool sits full in a backyard Monday in the 300 block of 55th Street Northeast. A D.C. firefighting crew went out of service Saturday for about a hour to fill the pool at a private residence during a day of post-storm emergency calls. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

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Montgomery County, Texas, SWAT team members are seen with a ShadowHawk drone from Vanguard Defense Industries. With drones becoming available for commercial use in 2015, the industry has devised voluntary standards to protect safety and privacy. (Associated Press)

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An electrical engineer from Pepco electric company attempts to repair and replace downed power lines, in Bethesda, Md., Monday, July 2, 2012. The storm left hundreds of thousands of people without power and caused wide spread property damage. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Teresa Jiles on Monday searches through the rubble of her home, whch was destroyed by the High Park Fire in the Glacier View residential area near Livermore, Colo. A charred welcome mat still sits in front of one burned home in the Glacier View area. The fire killed one resident and destroyed 259 houses. (Associated Press)

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A burned welcome mat sits in front of a burned home destroyed by the High Park Fire in the Glacier View residential area near Livermore, Colo., on Monday, July 2, 2012. The last evacuees from the fire in have been allowed to return home as crews fully contained the136-square-mile wildfire that killed one resident and destroyed 259 houses. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

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**FILE** Residents of the Mountain Shadows area view their properties in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 1, 2012. About 10,000 people are still out of their homes, having been among 30,000 who initially fled the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history. (Associated Press/The Colorado Springs Gazette)