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A woman gets assistance after being pulled out from the hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Rescue crews located more than eight people alive in the rubble of an avalanche-crushed hotel on Friday, an incredible discovery that boosted spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people in the resort. (ANSA via AP)

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One of the three children that were rescued from the avalanche-hit Rigopiano Hotel is transported to a hospital in Pescara, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Three children were rescued from the avalanche-hit Rigopiano Hotel on Friday. and transported to Pescara hospital. One of the rescued children brought to Pescara was Ludovica Parete, the daughter of Giampiero Parete, the man who escaped Wednesday's avalanche and first sounded the alarm by calling his boss. (Claudio Lattanzio/ANSA via AP)

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Scott Wilson (23) is blocked by Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Snowflakes fall as a car follows a garbage truck down a residential street in Sparks, Nev., Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. The Reno-Sparks area is expected to get up to eight inches of snow through the weekend. As much as another six feet of new snow is possible in the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada, where a winter storm warning continues into Monday. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

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A pedestrian walks into deep water downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. The second in a trio of storms has arrived in California. Rain, heavy at times, is overspreading the state early Friday and a flash flood warning has been issued for southeastern Sonoma County. Storm warnings are posted up and down the Sierra Nevada and across the mountains of Southern California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Raindrops bead upon a windshield as a pedestrian walks through rain in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. The second in a trio of storms has arrived in California. Rain, heavy at times, is overspreading the state early Friday and a flash flood warning has been issued for southeastern Sonoma County. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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A pedestrian walks under the rain downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. The second in a trio of storms has arrived in California. Rain, heavy at times, is overspreading the state early Friday and a flash flood warning has been issued for southeastern Sonoma County. Storm warnings are posted up and down the Sierra Nevada and across the mountains of Southern California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Rescue crews search for victims Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at the El Capitan Canyon campground following flooding due to heavy rains in Gaviota, Calif. Dozens of campers were rescued and evacuated following the morning flood that swept large wooden cabins and vehicles away. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

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Rescue crews search for victims Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at the El Capitan Canyon campground following flooding due to heavy rains in Gaviota, Calif. Dozens of campers were rescued and evacuated following the morning flood that swept large wooden cabins and vehicles away. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

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Rescued campers survey the scene at the El Capitan Canyon campground following flooding due to heavy rains Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 in Gaviota, Calif. Dozens of campers were rescued and evacuated following the morning flood that swept large wooden cabins and vehicles away. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

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Santa Barbara County Firefighters help rescue victims by transporting them in a tractor on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at the El Capitan Canyon campground following flooding due to heavy rains in Gaviota, Calif. Dozens of campers were rescued and evacuated following the morning flood that swept large wooden cabins and vehicles away. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

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A car turns off Pacific Coast Highway during a downpour in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, Friday morning, Jan. 20, 2017. The second in a trio of storms has brought rain, heavy at times, over a wide area of California. The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for San Luis Obispo County as moderate to heavy rain falls on the Central Coast.(AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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Commuters take cover from the rain at a bus stop in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. The second in a trio of storms has arrived in California. Rain, heavy at times, is overspreading the state early Friday and a flash flood warning has been issued for southeastern Sonoma County. Storm warnings are posted up and down the Sierra Nevada and across the mountains of Southern California. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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A vehicle is seen after it was swept away by storm runoff at El Capitan Canyon Resort & Campground in Gaviota, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. A flood on the southern Santa Barbara County coast has swept cabins and vehicles down a narrow canyon as the latest storm drenches California. County Fire Department Capt. Dave Zaniboni says a creek overflowed at midmorning Friday and swept five cabins and 15 vehicles down the canyon which lies just above El Capitan State Beach. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. via AP)

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Cabins and vehicles are swept away by storm runoff at El Capitan Canyon Resort & Campground in Gaviota, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. A flood on the southern Santa Barbara County coast has swept cabins and vehicles down a narrow canyon as the latest storm drenches California. County Fire Department Capt. Dave Zaniboni says a creek overflowed at midmorning Friday and swept five cabins and 15 vehicles down the canyon which lies just above El Capitan State Beach. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. via AP)

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Cabins and vehicles are swept away by storm runoff at El Capitan Canyon Resort & Campground in Gaviota, Calif., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. A flood on the southern Santa Barbara County coast has swept cabins and vehicles down a narrow canyon as the latest storm drenches California. County Fire Department Capt. Dave Zaniboni says a creek overflowed at midmorning Friday and swept five cabins and 15 vehicles down the canyon which lies just above El Capitan State Beach. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Dept. via AP)

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Richard Newsome appears for his initial court appearance Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Newsome is accused of fatally shooting Richard Nelson, a former star football player at Chaparral High School in Las Vegas, and a freshman on the Missouri State University football team. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Rescue personnel work in the site coordinating the rescue operations for an hotel crushed by an avalanche last Wednesday, in Penne, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Rescue crews located up to eight people alive in the kitchen of an avalanche-crushed hotel on Friday, an incredible discovery that boosted spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people in the resort. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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A woman gets assistance after being pulled from the debris of the hotel that was hit by an avalanche on Wednesday, in Rigopiano, central Italy, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. With cheers of joy, rescue crews pulled survivors Friday from the debris of an avalanche-crushed hotel in central Italy, boosting spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people at the resort. At least two children were among the 10 people found alive. (ANSA via AP)

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A rescue helicopter approaches the area in Rigopiano, central Italy, where a hotel has been buried under an avalanche on Wednesday, to recover some people who have been reportedly extracted alive from the debris, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Rescue crews located more than eight people alive in the rubble of an avalanche-crushed hotel on Friday, an incredible discovery that boosted spirits two days after the massive snow slide buried around 30 people in the resort. (Alessandro Di Meo/ANSA via AP)