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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2015, file photo, a very large smokestack flare burns off flammable product after an explosion in a processing facility at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, Calif. An explosion and fire at this oil refinery near Los Angeles, exactly two years after a blast that crippled the plant and led to higher gasoline prices. Torrance Assistant Fire Chief Steve Treskes says the explosion was reported early Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, but three dozen firefighters had the blaze knocked down within a half-hour. No injuries are reported and there were no evacuations. (Chuck Bennett/Los Angeles Daily News via AP)
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A worker keeps watch on a sinkhole Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Studio City, north of Los Angeles. Two vehicles fell into the 20-foot sinkhole on Friday night and firefighters had to rescue one woman who escaped her car but was found standing on her overturned vehicle. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Raindrops splash in water, mud and debris in a basin slowly filling up in Duarte, Calif., in a threatened area below a burn area know as the Fish Fire, as a powerful storm moves into Southern California Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Sandbags border a trailer at Driftwood Mobile Home Park on the Tuolumne river Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Modesto, Calif. Fire crews visited the park this morning to ask people to voluntarily evacuate because of rising water. (Joan Barnett Lee /The Modesto Bee via AP)
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A man struggles against gusty wind and heavy rain as he walks along a pier Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Huntington Beach, Calif. A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and other problems. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Ken Ronzzo a resident of Driftwood Mobile Home Park on the Tuolumne river moves his flag in and prepares for voluntary evacuation because of flooding Friday, Feb. 17, 2017 in Modesto, Calif. (Joan Barnett Lee /The Modesto Bee via AP)
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Pacific Coast Highway is reduced to one lane from three at the California Incline due to mud and debris being washed down from the bluffs in Santa Monica, Calif., as a powerful storm moves into Southern California Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. The saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could trigger flooding and debris flows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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A section of southbound Interstate 15 just south of Hwy 138 is washed away on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017, in the Cajon Pass, Calif. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP) /The Daily Press via AP)
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A section of southbound Interstate 15 just south of Hwy 138 is washed away on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017, in the Cajon Pass, Calif. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP) /The Daily Press via AP)
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A California Highway Patrol officer investigates the scene near a sink hole that swallowed a tractor trailer and a San Bernardino County Fire Department fire engine on southbound Interstate 15, just south of Highway 138, in the Cajon Pass, Calif., on Friday, Feb., 17, 2017. A powerful Pacific storm blew into Southern and Central California on Friday with wind-driven heavy rains that downed power lines and disrupted hundreds of flights at airports. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)
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Inspectors examine a sinkhole Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Studio City, north of Los Angeles. Two vehicles fell into the 20-foot sinkhole on Friday night and firefighters had to rescue one woman who escaped her car but was found standing on her overturned vehicle. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Cars navigate flooding under the trestle at the junction of North and South Main Street in Salinas, Calif., as a new series of storms rolled into Monterey County on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (David Royal/The Monterey County Herald via AP)
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A worker starts repair work where trees battered by heavy winds pulled power lines which broke a pole in rural Salinas, Calif., Friday Feb. 17, 2017. (David Royal/The Monterey County Herald via AP)
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Downed trees and power lines are viewed near a school in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and other problems. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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A surfer walks through a flooded area on the beach Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Huntington Beach, Calif. A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and other problems. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Rita Maissno, right, and Lara Seltzer make their way through heavy rain and gusty wind as they walk along a pier Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Huntington Beach, Calif. A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and other problems. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Colorado Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen (96), of Finland, and Carolina Hurricanes' Elias Lindholm (16), of Sweden, struggle for possession of the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Staal (11) defends Colorado Avalanche's Jarome Iginla (12) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Colorado Avalanche's Tyson Barrie (4) is congratulated by Mark Barberio following Barrie's goal against the Carolina Hurricanes during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Colorado won 2-1 in overtime. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner (53) is blocked by Colorado Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
