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Virtually nothing remains of the home of Jessie and Diana Mills of Magee, Miss., following a direct hit by a possible morning tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the strong winds that affected several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A food processor is one of the few undamaged household appliances salvaged from the remains of the home of Jessie and Diana Mills of Magee, Miss., following a direct hit by a potential morning tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the series of strong winds that affected several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Bruce Boehs, a Pine Grove community neighbor, helps with the tree removal at one of the houses in the rural community near Magee, Miss., as cleanup begins following a hit by a possible tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the series of strong winds that blew through several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Traffic passes piles of tree debris in the Pine Grove community near Magee, Miss., following a hit by a possible morning tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the strong winds that blew though several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A Victorian home is covered with a plastic tarp to protect it from the rain in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. California is getting soaked with series of heavy storms. A second storm will arrive Thursday night and could drop another 2 inches of rain and up to 3 inches in LA-area foothills by Saturday, forecasters said. Forecasters cautioned that mud and debris flows could occur if heavy rains fell on wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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A walker hikes up a snow covered lane in Wrigthwood, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The area is under a winter storm warning for Friday with snow levels as of 18 inches up to three feet. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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Dry Eucalyptus trees sit on a hillside at Elysian Park in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. California got soaked with heavy rains Thursday. A second storm will arrive Thursday night and could drop another 2 inches of rain and up to 3 inches in LA-area foothills by Saturday, forecasters said. Forecasters cautioned that mud and debris flows could occur if heavy rains fell on wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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A family walks on a stretch off land eroded by rain flow in Elysian Park in Los Angeles , Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. California getting soaked with series of heavy storms. A second storm will arrive Thursday night and could drop another 2 inches of rain and up to 3 inches in LA-area foothills by Saturday, forecasters said. Forecasters cautioned that mud and debris flows could occur if heavy rains fell on wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2013 file photo, a worker from Pacific Environmental Corporation skims the water near the Matson shipyard in the Kapalama Basin in Honolulu after a molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the company responsible for the 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor in 2013. The federal agency announced in a statement Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 that Matson Terminals Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $725,000. The molasses leaked from a section of pipe that had been flagged by the state a year before the spill. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, File)
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In this Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, Placido Shim shows two fish he gaffed that were floating near his boat after a leaky pipe caused molasses to ooze into the harbor and kill marine life. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the company responsible for a 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor in 2013. The federal agency announced in a statement Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 that Matson Terminals Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $725,000. The molasses leaked from a section of pipe that had been flagged by the state a year before the spill. (Dennis Oda/The Star-Advertiser via AP, File)
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In this Sept. 16, 2013 file photo, a Maston ship sits in Honolulu Harbor near the site of a molasses spill. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the shipping company responsible for the 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor in 2013. The federal agency announced in a statement Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 that Matson Terminals Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $725,000. The molasses leaked from a section of pipe that had been flagged by the state a year before the spill. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia, File)
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A crew from the City of Columbus drills holes to mount a sign proclaiming Columbus as the hometown of Vice President-elect Mike Pence on US-31 north of Columbus, Ind., Thursday, Jan 19, 2017. The crew drilled the holes in the sign so they could mount it easier when the put it up Friday. (Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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In this photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board via the Florida Highway Patrol shows a Tesla Model S that was being driven by Joshua Brown, who was killed when the Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode on May 7, 2016. A source tells The Associated Press that U.S. safety regulators are ending an investigation into a fatal crash involving electric car maker Tesla Motors' Autopilot system without a recall. (NTSB via Florida Highway Patrol via AP, File)
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A man stops to view an uprooted tree, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, that struck a home in Sacramento, Calif. The homes' resident, who declined to be identified, said the tree fell during the storm around 7 p.m. Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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An uprooted tree that struck a home in Sacramento, Calif is seen Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The homes' resident, who declined to be identified, said the tree fell during the storm around 7 p.m. Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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A B-2 Spirit multi-role bomber has a payload of 40,000 pounds and a ceiling of 50,000 feet. (U.S. Air Force)
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Helicopters fly through pollution over the Canary Wharf business district through a window in a viewing area of the 95-storey skyscraper The Shard, the tallest building in Britain at 309.6 metres, in London, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Eight London boroughs issued high pollution warnings Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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A man rides a bicycle while holding an umbrella during a rain storm Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area is being hit with a new series of rain storms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Heavy traffic is seen along Interstate 880 during a rain storm on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. The San Francisco Bay Area is being hit with a new series of rain storms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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A car sits in floodwaters on Old Redwood Highway in Windsor, Calif., after a motorist drove off the road Wednesday Jan. 18, 2017. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)