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Water trickles down as workers inspect part of the Lake Oroville spillway failure on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 in Oroville, Calif. The Department of Water Resources said the erosion at Lake Oroville does not pose a threat to the earthen dam or public safety, and the reservoir has plenty of capacity to handle the continuing rain. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
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Department of Water Resources workers and members of the media watch as up to 20,000 cubic feet per second of water is released over the damaged spillway on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 in Oroville, Calif. The Department of Water Resources said the erosion at Lake Oroville does not pose a threat to the earthen dam or public safety, and the reservoir has plenty of capacity to handle the continuing rain. (Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
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FILE - In a Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 file photo, Victoria firefighters respond to a fire at the Islamic Center of Victoria, in Victoria, Texas. Federal investigators say the fire that destroyed a South Texas mosque has been ruled arson and at this time there's no evidence of a hate crime. A $30,000 reward was offered Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, for information leading to arrests and indictments over the pre-dawn fire at the Victoria Islamic Center. (Barclay Fernandez/The Victoria Advocate via AP, File)
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CORRECTS CREDIT LINE TO FRITZ BUSCH- A hazardous materials team from WCEC Industrial Services vacuums up specks of mercury in the alley in New Ulm, Minn., on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. The crew was called in after a mercury spill involving two gallons of mercury that a homeowner had placed in his trash for disposal. (Fritz Busch/The Journal of New Ulm via AP)
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FILE- This undated file image made from a video by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the stern of the sunken ship El Faro. The former chief engineer of the container ship that sank in a hurricane killing 33 sailors said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, that evidence from the ship's "black box" shows a crew working hard to keep it afloat. (National Transportation Safety Board via AP, File)
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FILE- In this undated file photo made available Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, by the NTSB shows the voyage data recorder from the El Faro freighter, seen aboard the USNS Apache in the Atlantic Ocean. The recorder was recovered from El Faro, a cargo ship that sank in the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015. The former chief engineer of the container ship that sank in a hurricane killing 33 sailors said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, that evidence from the ship's "black box" shows a crew working hard to keep it afloat. (NTSB via AP, File)
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The White House is visible as morning traffic builds along 16th Street Northwest, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Wesley Stone clears debris from outside his damaged home, in the aftermath of Tuesday's tornado that tore through the New Orleans East section of New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Workers put a tarp on the roof of a damaged home in the aftermath of Tuesday's tornado that tore through the New Orleans East section of New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Officials say tornadoes that struck in southeastern Louisiana destroyed homes and businesses, flipped vehicles and left thousands without power. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this June 18, 2013 file photo, high wire performer Nik Wallenda practices in Sarasota, Fla. Five circus performers were seriously injured Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, while practicing a high-wire act in Florida. The accident involved Wallenda and several members of his family. Authorities say Wallenda was not injured. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
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Francis Sankoh, who's mother Roseline Conteh died in a 2013 building collapse, speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Lawyers for 19 people killed or injured in a Philadelphia building collapse reached a $227 million settlement with several defendants as the jury, which already had found them liable, deliberated Wednesday on damages. Six people were killed and 13 injured when a towering brick wall left unbraced during a demolition project crushed an adjacent Salvation Army store in 2013. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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FILE - This Dec. 7, 2016 file photo members of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office stand outside the warehouse called the Ghost Ship the site of a fire, in Oakland, Calif. Oakland police visited the cluttered warehouse converted into an illegal residence dozens of times in the several years before it burned down, killing 36 people. Oakland officials on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 released hundreds of pages of city documents requested by The Associated Press and other media outlets. The reports detail complaints from neighbors, residents and visitors of the so-called Ghost Ship warehouse about safety problems, loud parties and other issues with a dilapidated building converted illegally into a living area. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg,File)
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This Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 photo provided by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway shows a BNSF Railway train with a plow where it was clearing snow from the tracks after avalanche control efforts along the southern edge of Glacier National Park near Essex, Mont. Freight traffic has resumed through the Glacier National Park area after BNSF Railway completed avalanche mitigation work. Amtrak passenger trains will follow Thursday. (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway via AP)
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Residents of Okaloosa Island near Fort Walton Beach, Fla., look at damage that resulted from a severe storm that moved through the Florida panhandle Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Heavy winds pushed an ice machine across the pier, overturned a golf car and pushed loose flooring planks on the structure. (Devon Ravine/The Palatka Daily News via AP)
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New Orleans Firefighter Jared Carter knocks on a door where a dog can be heard barking while conducting a secondary search of homes damaged by a tornado that touched down yesterday in eastern New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Officials say tornadoes that struck in southeastern Louisiana destroyed homes and businesses, flipped vehicles and left thousands without power. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
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New Orleans Firefighter Jared Carter spray paints a search signal after conducting a secondary search of homes damaged by a tornado that touched down yesterday in eastern New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Officials say tornadoes that struck in southeastern Louisiana destroyed homes and businesses, flipped vehicles and left thousands without power. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
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New Orleans Firefighter Jared Carter spray paints a search signal after conducting a secondary search of homes damaged by a tornado that touched down yesterday in eastern New Orleans, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Officials say tornadoes that struck in southeastern Louisiana destroyed homes and businesses, flipped vehicles and left thousands without power. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)
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Linda Forbes walks in a flooded property as she checks on a relative living in the neighborhood Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Felton, Calif. Flash flood watches are in place for parts of Northern California down through the Central Coast as heavy rains swamp roads and threaten to overtop rivers and creeks. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Paul Peterson, bottom left, surveys his flooded property after the San Lorenzo River overflowed Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Felton, Calif. Flash flood watches are in place for parts of Northern California down through the Central Coast as heavy rains swamp roads and threaten to overtop rivers and creeks. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Two men walk alongside a flooded street Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Felton, Calif. Flash flood watches are in place for parts of Northern California down through the Central Coast as heavy rains swamp roads and threaten to overtop rivers and creeks. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
