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The part of coast where the Azure Window, a natural rock arch which jutted onto the sea off Malta and was a backdrop for the “Game of Thrones” TV series, is seen as it is Wednesday, March 8, 2017, after the arch, that was one of Malta's main landmarks, collapsed in a storm. (AP Photo/Christian Mangion)
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This is a April 2014 image of the landmark the Azure Window located just off Malta. The natural rock arch jutting off the Maltese island of Gozo, has collapsed into the sea during a storm. Malta’s prime minister called the loss on Wednesday March 8, 2017, of the iconic limestone formation “heartbreaking.” No one was injured by the fallen arch, which was also a TV and film backdrop.(Caroline Hodgson via AP)
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Firefighters gather drinking water and pizza from the back of a truck at a staging area near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Fires raged in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. The fire warning came after powerful thunderstorms moved through the middle of the country overnight, spawning dozens of suspected tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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A National Guard helicopter picks up water from a small pond near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Fires raged in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. The fire warning came after powerful thunderstorms moved through the middle of the country overnight, spawning dozens of suspected tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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Wildfires continue to burn north of Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. A National Guard Blackhawk helicopter approaches the fire north of Hutchinson as water air drops continue Tuesday. Crews grappling with vexing wildfires that have charred hundreds of square miles of land in four states and killed multiple people soon may get a bit of a break: Winds are forecast to ease from the gusts that whipped the flames. (Travis Morisse/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Wildfires continue to burn north of Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The Crazy Horse Sports Club and Golf Course at the Highlands is in the foreground. Crews grappling with vexing wildfires that have charred hundreds of square miles of land in four states and killed multiple people soon may get a bit of a break: Winds are forecast to ease from the gusts that whipped the flames. (Travis Morisse/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Wildfires continue to burn north of Hutchinson, Kan. Tuesday, March 7, 2017. A National Guard Blackhawk helicopter approaches the fire north of Hutchinson as water air drops continue Tuesday. (Travis Morisse/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Wildfires continue to burn north of Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Crews grappling with vexing wildfires that have charred hundreds of square miles of land in four states and killed multiple people soon may get a bit of a break: Winds are forecast to ease from the gusts that whipped the flames. (Travis Morisse/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Wildfires continue to burn north of Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The view looks southwest along K61 showing smoke billowing from a burning fire. Crews grappling with vexing wildfires that have charred hundreds of square miles of land in four states and killed multiple people soon may get a bit of a break: Winds are forecast to ease from the gusts that whipped the flames. (Travis Morisse/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Cattle graze with a background of smoke from wildfires near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Fires raged in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. The fire warning came after powerful thunderstorms moved through the middle of the country overnight, spawning dozens of suspected tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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Philadelphia firefighters walk past a blaze at the PECO electrical substation in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Philadelphia. Tens of thousands of electric customers were reported to be without power as fire crews battled a blaze at a north Philadelphia utility substation. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Colorado Avalanche defenseman Tyson Barrie, left, fights for control of the puck with Carolina Hurricanes center Derek Ryan in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Carolina Hurricanes center Derek Ryan, left, is tripped up while pursuing the puck by Colorado Avalanche defenseman Patrick Wiercioch in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Carolina Hurricanes right wing Lee Stempniak, left, picks up a loose puck in front of Colorado Avalanche center Matt Duchene in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, left, pursues Carolina Hurricanes center Derek Ryan as he drives down the ice with the puck in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Illustration on dangers to the nation of Jordan by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 22, 2016, file photo, a driver uses her mobile phone while sitting in traffic in Sacramento, Calif. A measure to ban holding a phone while driving passed in the Washington state House a day after a similar measure passed in the Senate. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2016, file photo, a map of earthquake faults in part of Southern California is seen as a sample of an earthquake early warning system in the state that is under development, is displayed on a television monitor in the background, during a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A new study says an earthquake fault running from San Diego to Los Angeles is capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 temblor that could affect some of the most densely populated areas in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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FILE - In this March 17, 2014, file photo, Egill Hauksson a Caltech Seismologist talks about an early morning earthquake during a news conference at Caltech in Pasadena, Calif. A new study says an earthquake fault running from San Diego to Los Angeles is capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 temblor that could affect some of the most densely populated areas in California. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File )
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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 1994, file photo, the covered body of Los Angeles Police Officer Clarence Wayne Dean, 46, lies near his motorcycle which plunged off the State Highway 14 overpass that collapsed onto Interstate 5, after a magnitude-6.7 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles. A new study says an earthquake fault running from San Diego to Los Angeles is capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 temblor that could affect some of the most densely populated areas in California. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File)
