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Family members embrace one another outside their destroyed mobile home off Edwards Street in downtown Hattiesburg, Miss., as cleanup continues from Saturday's twister that damaged much of the city, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The tornado also destroyed a portion of neighboring Petal. (Ryan Moore/WDAM-TV, via AP)
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Residents and volunteers of Hattiesburg, Miss., help salvage personal belongings in the Hall Avenue neighborhood that was destroyed from Saturday's twister that damaged much of the city, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Powerful storms kicked up deadly tornadoes as a fast-moving storm system punched through the Southeast for a second day on Sunday, authorities said. (Ryan Moore/WDAM-TV via AP)
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The Hattiesburg Fire Station places the U.S. flag half-staff after Saturday's tornado in Hattiesburg, Miss., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. The enormous system put millions of people in the South on edge during a weekend of violent weather that left crumpled trailer homes, downed trees and other damage in the hardest-hit communities from Mississippi to Georgia. (Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg American via AP)
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Hattiesburg High students Tremaine Berry, left, and Shannadoah Sadifer clean up debris after Saturday's tornado in Hattiesburg, Miss., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. The enormous system put millions of people in the South on edge during a weekend of violent weather that left crumpled trailer homes, downed trees and other damage in the hardest-hit communities from Mississippi to Georgia. (Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg American via AP)
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In this Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, photo, Kim Novak is interviewed at her home in North Spokane, Wash. Novak, who was trapped in a burning car, is hailing a Washington state officer as a hero after he bashed in her window and pulled her to safety, a rescue caught on the officer's body camera on Friday. (Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review via AP)
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Marisol Hernandez, mother of the late Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, is embraced by a young woman during her son's wake in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte died in separate traffic accidents early Sunday in their native Dominican Republic. The country, whose roads are among the world's most dangerous, has now lost four current or former major leaguers to traffic accidents in recent years. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez) (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)
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The coffin containing the remains of Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura is surrounded by funeral wreaths and images of the major league player, in the living room of one his two homes, in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte died in separate traffic accidents early Sunday in their native Dominican Republic. The country, whose roads are among the world's most dangerous, has now lost four current or former major leaguers to traffic accidents in recent years. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)
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Rich Little. (Dave Kapp)
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ADDS DATE - A Georgia state trooper walks past a mobile home destroyed by severe weather in Adel, Ga., Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in several counties, including Cook, that have suffered deaths, injuries and severe damage from weekend storms and expanded it Monday to include additional counties in southern Georgia. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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A rescue worker searches inside a mobile home Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Big Pine Estates that was damaged by a tornado, in Albany, Ga. Fire and rescue crews were searching through the debris Monday, looking for people who might have become trapped when the storm came through. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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Jose Luis Diaz checks damages to his boat after severe weather passed through the area in the early morning hours, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Miami Springs, Fla. The fatal storm system that caused destruction across the Southeast also downed trees and power lines around Florida. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Greg and Megan Bissey of Wildwood, N.J., stop to look at the rough surf on 2nd Avenue and the beach in North Wildwood, New Jersey, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. A storm with wind gusts of up to 50mph hit Southern New Jersey and coastal flooding is expected during high tides. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
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A downed tree barely missed two parked cars in the parking lot of Cape Regional Medical Center in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. A storm with wind gusts of up to 50mph hit Southern New Jersey Monday, and coastal flooding is expected during high tides. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
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Strong northeast winds drive waves onto the seawall along Hereford Inlet in the Anglesea section of North Wildwood, N.J., Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Winds with wind gusts of up to 50mph hit Southern New Jersey with coastal flooding expected during high tides. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
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A rescue worker enters a hole in the back of a mobile home Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Big Pine Estates that was damaged by a tornado, in Albany, Ga. Fire and rescue crews were searching through the debris, looking for people who might have become trapped when the deadly storm came through. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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A road passing beneath the Delaware River Bridge is barricaded in Bristol, Pa., Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Tens of thousands of drivers are being told to expect "extreme" delays for weeks because the bridge connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey had to be shut down over a cracked steel truss. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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CORRECTS DATE OF INCIDENT TO SUNDAY NOT MONDAY AND JAN. 23 PHOTO TO UNDATED PHOTO - This undated photo provided by the city of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Safety shows Juan Brian Jetter-Clark. Authorities say Jetter-Clark was arrested and charged with criminal trespass after police officers responding to a Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 burglary call fatally shot Larimer homeowner Christopher Thompkins. (Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety via AP)
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In this Saturday, Jan 21, 2017, photo, waves crash into the historic WW1-era ship called S.S. Palo Alto at Rio Del Mar in Aptos, Calif., after it was torn apart during a storm. The National Weather Service cautioned that the system was expected to gain strength into the evening Sunday and could be the strongest storm in at least seven years.. (Kevin Johnson/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
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A vehicle crosses a closed off flooded section of Rock Springs Road in Hesperia, Calif., on Monday, Jan., 23, 2017. The tail end of a punishing winter storm system lashed California with thunderstorms and severe winds Monday after breaking rainfall records, washing out roads and whipping up enormous waves. (David Pardo/The Daily Press via AP)
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Friends and relatives attend a wake for the late Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, in Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte died in separate traffic accidents early Sunday in their native Dominican Republic. The country, whose roads are among the world's most dangerous, has now lost four current or former major leaguers to traffic accidents in recent years. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)
