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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017 file photo, a tree is seen after falling on resident Jeamean Redd's house on Brookdale Avenue in San Francisco. Drenching winter rains combined with the punishing effects of six years of drought are causing trees to topple across California, in some cases with deadly results. At least two people have been killed in the past month. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
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Lorin Doeleman uses a kayak to check her flooded home on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. She is moving her belongings to her Sacramento home. Forecasters said the brunt of a weather system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows just one eave of their home barely visible after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows the home of their neighbor after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows a door of their home after they dug themselves out after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows where snow has cascaded through a door of their home after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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Investigation and cleanup continues at the Rockville Rd. overpass at I-465, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Indianapolis. A car compactor being hauled by a semi activated and struck beams under the overpass, showering the highway with concrete and leading officials to close miles of northbound lanes Tuesday. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
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Investigation and cleanup continues at the Rockville Rd. overpass at I-465, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Indianapolis. A car compactor being hauled by a semi activated and struck beams under the overpass, showering the highway with concrete and leading officials to close miles of northbound lanes Tuesday. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
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A woman walks through water from a king tide that flooded onto the Embarcadero in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada and surprising Portland with what forecasters said was its biggest snowfall since 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by the U.S. National Park Service a road blocked by snow in Crater Lake National Park as severe weather forced the southern Oregon park's closure. The park announced Tuesday that due to heavy snowfall combined with downed trees and an avalanche on Highway 62, the park would close until road crews could clear the area. (National Park Service via AP)
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Emergency responders are called to a McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing facility in Dodge Center, Minn., after a report of a possible explosion at the plant that injured several people, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. The incident occurred about 10:20 a.m. Fire crews from nearby towns were called in and Minnesota Energy workers were on the scene. (Elizabeth Nida Obert/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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Emergency responders talk outside McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing after a possible explosion Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Dodge Center, Minn. (Andrew Link/Rochester Post Bulletin via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, Kenneth Lee Drew looks down during his sentencing at 4th District Court in American Fork, Utah. Drew, a Utah repossession agent accused of forcing a woman off the road, leading to a fatal crash, while trying to take back her car was sentenced Tuesday, to one to 15 years in prison, after pleading guilty to manslaughter. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, Kenneth Lee Drew listens to Judge Robert Lunnen during his sentencing at 4th District Court in American Fork, Utah. Drew, a Utah repossession agent accused of forcing a woman off the road, leading to a fatal crash, while trying to take back her car was sentenced Tuesday, to one to 15 years in prison, after pleading guilty to manslaughter. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, Kenneth Lee Drew listens to Judge Robert Lunnen during his sentencing at 4th District Court in American Fork, Utah. Drew, a Utah repossession agent accused of forcing a woman off the road, leading to a fatal crash, while trying to take back her car was sentenced Tuesday, to one to 15 years in prison, after pleading guilty to manslaughter. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, Kenneth Lee Drew puts his face on the lectern during his sentencing at 4th District Court in American Fork, Utah. Drew, a Utah repossession agent accused of forcing a woman off the road, leading to a fatal crash, while trying to take back her car was sentenced Tuesday, to one to 15 years in prison, after pleading guilty to manslaughter. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo, Kenneth Drew listens to Judge Robert Lunnen during his sentencing at 4th District Court in American Fork, Utah. Drew, a Utah repossession agent accused of forcing a woman off the road, leading to a fatal crash, while trying to take back her car was sentenced Tuesday to one to 15 years in prison. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)
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The van carrying Dylann Roof leaves the U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Charleston, S.C. An unrepentant Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings answers questions during a news conference concerning the fatal shooting of Orlando police officer Debra Clayton, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. A manhunt continues as law enforcement officials search for the suspect. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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A worker from the Department of Water Resources opens one of the flood gates of the Sacramento Weir, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in West Sacramento, Calif. State officials opened the Sacramento Weir gates for the first time in more than a decade as stormy weather continues to lash Northern California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
