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Water rushes down the Oroville Dam spillway, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. State engineers on Thursday discovered new damage to the Oroville Dam spillway in Northern California, the tallest in the United States, though they said there is no harm to the nearby dam and no danger to the public. Earlier this week, chunks of concrete went flying off the spillway, creating a 200-foot-long, 30-foot deep hole. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Water rushes down the Oroville Dam spillway, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. State engineers on Thursday discovered new damage to the Oroville Dam spillway, the tallest in the United States, though they said there is no harm to the nearby dam and no danger to the public. Earlier this week, chunks of concrete went flying off the spillway, creating a 200-foot-long, 30-foot deep hole. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Water rushes down the Oroville Dam spillway, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. State engineers on Thursday discovered new damage to the Oroville Dam spillway, the tallest in the United States, though they said there is no harm to the nearby dam and no danger to the public. Earlier this week, chunks of concrete went flying off the spillway, creating a 200-foot-long, 30-foot deep hole. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Vehicles sits on the road by a missing section of guard rail along a segment of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel where a tractor-trailer went over the southbound side at the 15-mile marker, Thursday afternoon Feb. 9, 2017, near Virginia Beach, Va. A truck driver died after heavy winds swept his tractor trailer off the 23-mile bridge-tunnel between Virginia Beach and the Delmarva Peninsula, and into the 45-degree, wind-swept waters below, authorities said. A Navy helicopter plucked a driver from the roof of the floating vehicle, but later died, authorities said. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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A vehicle sits on the road by a missing section of guard rail along a segment of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel where a tractor-trailer went over the southbound side at the 15-mile marker, Thursday afternoon Feb. 9, 2017, near Virginia Beach, Va. A truck driver died after heavy winds swept his tractor trailer off the 23-mile bridge-tunnel between Virginia Beach and the Delmarva Peninsula, and into the 45-degree, wind-swept waters below, authorities said. A Navy helicopter plucked a driver from the roof of the floating vehicle, but later died, authorities said. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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A vehicle sits on the road by a missing section of guard rail along a segment of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel where a tractor-trailer went over the southbound side at the 15-mile marker, Thursday afternoon Feb. 9, 2017, near Virginia Beach, Va. A truck driver died after heavy winds swept his tractor trailer off the 23-mile bridge-tunnel between Virginia Beach and the Delmarva Peninsula, and into the 45-degree, wind-swept waters below, authorities said. A Navy helicopter plucked a driver from the roof of the floating vehicle, but later died, authorities said. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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A vehicle sits on the road by a missing section of guard rail along a segment of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel where a tractor-trailer went over the southbound side at the 15-mile marker, Thursday afternoon Feb. 9, 2017, near Virginia Beach, Va. A truck driver died after heavy winds swept his tractor trailer off the 23-mile bridge-tunnel between Virginia Beach and the Delmarva Peninsula, and into the 45-degree, wind-swept waters below, authorities said. A Navy helicopter plucked a driver from the roof of the floating vehicle, but later died, authorities said. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Vehicles sits on the road by a missing section of guard rail along a segment of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel where a tractor-trailer went over the southbound side at the 15-mile marker, Thursday afternoon Feb. 9, 2017, near Virginia Beach, Va. A truck driver died after heavy winds swept his tractor trailer off the 23-mile bridge-tunnel between Virginia Beach and the Delmarva Peninsula, and into the 45-degree, wind-swept waters below, authorities said. A Navy helicopter plucked a driver from the roof of the floating vehicle, but later died, authorities said. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks during a visit to the St. Louis City Fire Academy Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Emergency crews work to place sandbags Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, after the 21 Mile Dam near Montello, Nev., broke and caused flooding to the Union Pacific railroad line near Lucin and flooded the town of Montello. (Stuart Johnson/ The Deseret News via AP)/The Deseret News via AP)
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On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 21 Mile Dam near Montello, Nev., broke and caused flooding to the Union Pacific railroad line near Lucin and flooded the town of Montello, Nev. The floods forced delays or rerouting for more than a dozen freight and passenger trains on a main rail line that runs through the area, said Union Pacific spokesman Justin E. Jacobs.(Stuart Johnson/The Deseret News via AP)/The Deseret News via AP)
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On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, 21 Mile Dam near Montello, Nev., broke and caused flooding to the Union Pacific railroad line near Lucin and flooded the town of Montello, Nev. The floods forced delays or rerouting for more than a dozen freight and passenger trains on a main rail line that runs through the area, said Union Pacific spokesman Justin E. Jacobs.(Stuart Johnson/The Deseret News via AP)/The Deseret News via AP)
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Razor wire and concrete barriers protect access to the Dakota Access pipeline drilling site Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The developer says construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North Dakota reservoir has begun and that the full pipeline should be operational within three months. One of two tribes who say the pipeline threatens their water supply on Thursday filed a legal challenge asking a court to block construction while an earlier lawsuit against the pipeline proceeds. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)
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Military vehicles are staged near the path of the Dakota Access pipeline Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. The developer says construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a North Dakota reservoir has begun and that the full pipeline should be operational within three months. One of two tribes who say the pipeline threatens their water supply on Thursday filed a legal challenge asking a court to block construction while an earlier lawsuit against the pipeline proceeds. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)
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FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2016 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and delegation bow at the Ehime Maru Memorial at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu. The memorial is dedicated to the victims of a 2001 deadly collision off the coast of Hawaii between the Ehime Maru, a fisheries training vessel, and a U.S. naval submarine. The families of nine people killed when the submarine rammed into the ship off Hawaii 16 years ago are set to remember their loved ones. The families will attend a ceremony Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 on a Honolulu hill overlooking the ocean where the vessels collided. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2001 file photo, a blue tarp covers the damaged area of the USS Greeneville docked at Pearl Harbor as it undergoes repairs in Honolulu. The submarine's rudder and port side were damaged after it collided with a Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru nine miles south of Oahu on Feb. 9, 2001. The families of nine people killed when the submarine rammed into a Japanese fishing ship off Hawaii 16 years ago are set to remember their loved ones. The families will attend a ceremony Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 on a Honolulu hill overlooking the ocean where the vessels collided. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2001 file photo, survivors from the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru, which collided with a U.S. Navy submarine, sit on a U.S. Coast Guard vessel after being rescued near Honolulu. The families of nine people killed when the U.S. Navy submarine rammed into the Japanese fishing ship off Hawaii 16 years ago are set to remember their loved ones. The families will attend a ceremony Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 on a Honolulu hill overlooking the ocean where the vessels collided. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2015, file photo, Chris White, general manager of the Central California Irrigation District, explains the expense of sinking land near Dos Palos, Calif. Four years of drought and heavy reliance on pumping of groundwater have made the land sink faster than ever up and down the Central Valley, requiring repairs to infrastructure that experts say are costing billions of dollars. Land in the Central Valley is sinking so much from over pumping of groundwater that it's now starting to damage the state's vital north-south water project, state officials say. (AP Photo/Scott Smith, File)
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FILE - This Dec. 22, 2015, file photo shows a buckle in the lining of the Delta Mendota Canal caused by sinking land near Dos Palos, Calif. Years of drought and heavy reliance on pumping of groundwater have made the land sink faster than ever up and down California's Central Valley, requiring repairs to infrastructure that experts say are costing billions of dollars. Land in the Central Valley is sinking so much from over pumping of groundwater that it's now starting to damage the state's vital north-south water project, state officials say. (AP Photo/Scott Smith, File)
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FILE - This July 23, 2015, file photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources shows the Russell Avenue bridge, over the Delta Mendota Canal in Firebaugh, Calif. The drought has caused the bridge to subside until there's almost no space between bottom of bridge decking and canal water surface. A NASA scientist says in a report released Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 that parts of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than ever as groundwater is being pumped during the state's historic drought. Land in the Central Valley is sinking so much from over pumping of groundwater that it's now starting to damage the state's vital north-south water project, state officials say.(Florence Low/ California Department of Water Resources via AP, File)
