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General Sales Company/City Wide Storage owner Marshall Francis looks over storm damage to his property Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in Wharton, Texas. Francis said he lost at least 9 portable buildings he sells but no damage to the storage units of his storage business. Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and injuring people Tuesday southwest of Houston as a strong storm system moved quickly across much of the state. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Cheryl Bradshaw looks at what is left of her only bathroom after a tree fell on her home Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in Wharton, Texas. Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and injuring people Tuesday southwest of Houston as a strong storm system moved quickly across much of the state. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Anthony Bradley, 12, center right, of Oroville, Calif., leaves a shelter with some balloons alongside his one-year-old niece Aunia Steele after a mandatory evacuation was lifted Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Rylan Moua, left, and his uncle Christopher Vang, right, of Oroville, Calif., gather pillows as they leave a shelter Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Young evacuees gather their belongings as they prepare to leave a shelter Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Evacuees listen to an announcement lifting the evacuation of the Oroville Dam communities Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. ( AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Brandon Moua, left, and his brother Justin, of Oroville, Calif., fold a blanket as they prepared to leave a shelter Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, Gerldeen Trammell, right, sits in her family's car with her daughter and grandchildren from Oroville at the evacuation center at Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, Calif. Authorities on Tuesday lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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Rod and Kelly Remocal wait with other evacuees at the Red Cross evacuation center in Chico, Calif., Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. The water level has dropped behind the Oroville Dam in Oroville, Calif., reducing the risk of a catastrophic spillway collapse and easing fears that prompted the evacuation of the Remocals and others downstream. (AP Photo/Don Thompson)

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Catalina Rosales, from left, her daughter Kelly, 3, and husband Armando, of Gridley, Calif., leave a shelter after a mandatory evacuation was lifted Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, Gerldeen Trammell, right, sits in her family's car with her daughter and grandchildren from Oroville at the evacuation center at Silver Dollar Fairgrounds in Chico, Calif. Authorities on Tuesday lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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Six months after a devastating flood, Ellicott City’s historic district is back in business, but merchants say street-parking restrictions have stunted economic recovery. (Julia Brouillette/The Washington Times)

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Rocks are loaded onto a trailer at a staging area atop the Oroville Dam Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Workers hoisted giant white bags filled with rocks, and helicopters planned to fly in rocks Tuesday then release them into the eroded area of the spillway. Dump trucks full of boulders also were dumping cargo on the damaged spillway. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Emergency personnel removed the driver of a tractor-trailer after a crash on U.S. 15 north Tuesday morning, Feb. 14, 2017, in Frederick, Md. Maryland State Police say the tractor-trailer's cab separated from the rest of the rig when the truck hit a guardrail, and then fell from a highway overpass onto a city street with the driver inside. A state police helicopter flew the driver to the University of Maryland Medical Center's shock trauma unit in Baltimore, about 50 miles away. Bill Green/The Frederick News-Post via AP)

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Investigators look over the scene of a tractor-trailer after a crash on U.S. 15 north, Tuesday morning, Feb. 14, 2017, in Frederick, Md. Maryland State Police say the tractor-trailer's cab separated from the rest of the rig when the truck hit a guardrail, and then fell from a highway overpass onto a city street with the driver inside. A state police helicopter flew the driver to the University of Maryland Medical Center's shock trauma unit in Baltimore, about 50 miles away. Bill Green/The Frederick News-Post via AP)

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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon throws during spring baseball practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon throws during spring baseball practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon throws during spring baseball practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon throws during spring baseball practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Mark Melancon, center, smiles at Mike Couchee, left, and relief pitcher Clayton Blackburn during spring baseball practice in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)