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Contractors survey a 72-inch sinkhole Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Orinda, Calif. The city council of Orinda declared a State of Emergency Tuesday night because of a large sinkhole caused by last week's wet weather. Repairs will take at least four weeks, as the San Francisco Bay Area is being hit with a new series of rain storms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Contractors survey a 72-inch sinkhole Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Orinda, Calif. The city council of Orinda declared a State of Emergency Tuesday night because of a large sinkhole caused by last week's wet weather. Repairs will take at least four weeks, as the San Francisco Bay Area is being hit with a new series of rain storms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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A 72-inch deep sinkhole is seen Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Orinda, Calif. The city council of Orinda declared a State of Emergency Tuesday night because of a large sinkhole caused by last week's wet weather, which ruptured two sewer lines. Repairs will take at least four weeks, as the San Francisco Bay Area is being hit with a new series of rain storms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Tow truck driver Donny Callahan prepares to pull a semi truck out of a ditch in Troutdale, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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Trucks and other traffic is diverted off of eastbound Interstate 90 before Snoqualmie Pass, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in North Bend, Wash. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places. In Washington state, I-90, the main highway connecting western and eastern Washington, was to remain closed over Snoqualmie Pass because of hazardous winter conditions. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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A truck remains partially covered with ice and parked after being forced to turn around on Snoqualmie Pass when Interstate 90 closed earlier Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in North Bend, Wash. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places. In Washington state, I-90, the main highway connecting western and eastern Washington, was to remain closed over Snoqualmie Pass because of hazardous winter conditions. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Local traffic passes trucks parked on the shoulder and waiting for eastbound Interstate 90 to open, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in North Bend, Wash. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places. In Washington state, I-90, the main highway connecting western and eastern Washington, was to remain closed over Snoqualmie Pass because of hazardous winter conditions. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Manager Levi Lenz uses a snow shovel while trying to locate a clogged storm drain in the parking lot outside Anytime Fitness on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Moscow, Idaho. The region was hit with an ice storm overnight, and is now under a flood watch because of rain and melting snow. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)

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Icicles hang from a street sign at the University of Idaho, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Moscow, Idaho. The region was hit with an ice storm overnight, and is now under a flood watch because of rain and melting snow. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)

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A pedestrian walks into the street to get around an icy sidewalk and a large puddle along Sixth Street on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in Moscow, Idaho. The region was hit with an ice storm overnight, and is now under a flood watch because of rain and melting snow. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)

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A traffic sign alerts drivers on Interstate 84 in Troutdale, Ore., of road closures, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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Truck driver Brad Cottle, left, from Florida, surveys the situation with his truck stuck in a ditch with tow truck driver Donny Callahan in Troutdale, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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Icicles, formed by freezing rain and stiff winds, hang from a road sign along Interstate 84 in Troutdale, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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Icicles, formed by freezing rain and stiff winds, hang from a road sign along Interstate 84 as the sun tries to break through dark clouds in Troutdale, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. An ice storm shut down parts of major highways and interstates Wednesday in Oregon and Washington state and paralyzed the hardest hit towns along the Columbia River Gorge with up to 2 inches of ice coating the ground in some places. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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FILE – In this Feb. 17, 2015, file photo, crew members walk near the aftermath of a train derailment that occurred during a snowstorm, causing tankers to spill crude oil, explode and burn along the Kanawha River near Mount Carbon, W.Va. Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg, who grew up in Charleston, W.Va., leaves office Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after a two-year tenure as the nation's chief railroad regulator, championing safety and technology initiatives that remain a work in progress. (AP Photo/Chris Tilley, File)

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FILE – In this May 12, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work near the wreckage of a New York City-bound Amtrak train following a derailment that killed eight people in Philadelphia. Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg leaves office Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after a two-year tenure as the nation's chief railroad regulator, championing safety and technology initiatives that remain a work in progress. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek, File)

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FILE – In this Feb. 4, 2015, file photo, a man wearing a Federal Railroad Administration vest looks over wreckage of a Metro-North Railroad train and an SUV, following a collision that killed five train passengers and the SUV's driver about 20 miles north of New York City in Valhalla, N.Y. Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg leaves office Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after a two-year tenure as the nation's chief railroad regulator, championing safety and technology initiatives that remain a work in progress. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Police work the scene of a fatal dog attack as neighbor Angie Smith, center, explains what she saw to investigators, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Police work the scene of a fatal dog attack Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Markeith Loyd is escorted out of the Orlando Police headquarters in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. The suspect in the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer was captured Tuesday night after eluding a massive manhunt for more than a week, authorities said. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)