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A National Guard helicopter flies to pick up water from a farm pond near Hutchinson, Kan., Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning in parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado, and warnings that fire conditions were ripe were issued for Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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Flames and smoke envelope a grain elevator in Sitka, Kan., early Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Grass fires fanned by gusting winds scorched swaths of Kansas grassland Monday, forcing the evacuations of several towns and the closure of some roads. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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People are silhouetted against the orange glow of the fire as they watch a large grass fire burning out of control on Monday, March 6, 2017, in the northeast of Hutchinson, Kan. (Lindsey Bauman/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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A downed power pole from a storm Monday evening is scattered on the ground, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township near Zimmerman, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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Damage from Monday's storm is shown to the side of a house near Ann Lake where a boat trailer had been tossed against it on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township near Zimmerman, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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A family removes a tree from atop their cars after severe weather passed the area on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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A side of a house is destroyed from a storm Monday evening is shown in Orrock Township near Zimmerman, Minn., on Tuesday, March 7, 2017,. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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A downed power pole and transformer from a storm Monday evening is on the ground Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township near Zimmerman, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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A homeowner removes branches from a downed tree that had fallen on to two vehicles after severe weather passed the area on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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Boats and debris cover a yard near Ann Lake after severe weather passed the area on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Orrock Township, Minn. Weather experts say a likely tornado touched down northwest of the Twin Cities, taking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. (David Joles /Star Tribune via AP)
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Cheney volunteer firefighters Wade McGuffey, left, and Jackson Chance refill their fire truck with gasoline at the Hutchinson Fire Department command center on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Hutchinson, Kan. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. (Katy Kildee/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Adam Popp sets down a case of bottled water at an evacuation center Monday, March 6, 2017, in Hutchinson, Kans., as a grassfire continues to rage north of Hutchinson. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. (Katy Kildee/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Brad Thompson, owner of Bridgman Oil, left, assists Colwich firefighter Mike Rau, right, in filling a fire truck with gasoline at the Hutchinson Fire Department command center on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, in Hutchinson, Kan. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. (Katy Kildee/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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Vic Trass writes his name and phone number on a sign-in sheet on Monday, March 6, 2017, as he arrives at an evacuation center in Hutchinson, Kans., as a grassfire continues to rage north of Hutchinson. Emergency crews on Tuesday struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. (Katy Kildee/The Hutchinson News via AP)
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, addresses the media at the start of his visit to Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, centre, walks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 2nd left, inside the UN compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, stands with Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, left, during his visit to Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, right, stands as Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed addresses the media in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis.(AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, centre, walks inside the UN compound during his visit to Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday , March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country's famine crisis. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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A cow grazes by a wildfire near Protection, Kan., early Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Grass fires fanned by gusting winds scorched swaths of Kansas grassland Monday, forcing the evacuations of several towns and the closure of some roads. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
