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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)

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Two people eat lunch on the sand as waves break behind them in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. The first of three winter storms hit California Wednesday as the drought retreats. (Sam Gangwer/The Orange County Register via AP)