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Elmer McDonald makes his way along a flooded street as he returns to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew in Lumberton, N.C., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. McDonald and about 1,200 other Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat or plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
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In this photo taken on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, Elizabeth Athiel holds her 8-month-old malnourished daughter Anger, at a UNICEF clinic in Aweil, South Sudan. Between 4 and 5 million people are at risk of death if they do not receive food assistance, according to the World Food Program, and even as the government has repeatedly promised full humanitarian access to this and other areas, South Sudanese officials have restricted aid amid their hostility at the international community. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch)
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Residents use their boats to get through flood waters from the North East Cape Fear River in the Riverbend Subdivision off Hwy 53 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. Flood waters from Hurricane Matthew are starting to crest in Burgaw, N.C. along Hwy 53 but are still heading down river towards Wilmington. (Ken Blevins/The Star-News via AP)
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In this Oct. 10, 2016 photo, passengers stand at a Hawaiian Airlines check-in counter before a flight to Pago Pago, American Samoa at Honolulu International Airport in Honolulu. The airline recently started a new policy of assigning seats at the airport to distribute weight in the plane after a voluntary survey that involved weighing passengers traveling between Honolulu and Pago Pago. The airline conducted the survey after realizing the planes were burning more fuel because passenger and carry-on weights were heavier than projected. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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Handguns are displayed on a vendor's table at an annual gun show in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 26, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, file photo, a person points to a screen with an airplane travel list while holding up a phone at Newark Liberty International Airport, in Newark, N.J. Some airlines are taking extra steps to prevent a disaster in case a passenger's device powered by a lithium ion battery catches fire during flight. At least three U.S. airlines are adding new fire-suppression equipment to fleets in case a cellphone or laptop battery overheats, catches on fire and can't be extinguished. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY OCT 17 AND THEREAFTER - Doug Tanner leaves his prosthetic limb as he slips into the water at Amarillo Town Club Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. Tanner lost a portion of his leg in an accident with a drunk driver but that hasn't keep him out of the swimming pool. Tanner is approaching 2400 miles swimming and is soliciting donations to help support Mother's Against Drunk Drivers. (Michael Schumacher/Amarillo Globe-News via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2014 file photo, a wall of dust moves across a freeway in Phoenix. Arizona Department of Transportation engineers are beginning design work on a dust detection and warning system for Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix where dust storms often develop suddenly. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Arizona Department of Public Safety Officers and other emergency personnel make their way around a 16 car accident scene on Interstate 10 between near Picacho, Ariz. Arizona Department of Transportation engineers are beginning design work on a dust detection and warning system for Interstate 10 between Tucson and Phoenix where dust storms often develop suddenly. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb, File)
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In this Oct. 12, 2016 photo, Walter Coker surveys the damage in his furniture storage shed in Crescent Beach, Fla. Coker runs Genung's Fish Camp and Marina on the shore of the Matanzas River, and saw storm surge from Hurricane Matthew run "like a river" through his property, tearing apart the storage shed and the tackle shop. He doesn't have flood insurance because he said it was too expensive, so is hoping to rebound with the help of neighbors and the community. (AP Photo/Jason H. Dearen)
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This undated photo provided by the Houston Police Department shows Crenshanda Williams of Houston. Williams, a Houston 911 operator accused of hanging up on thousands of emergency calls, was charged Oct. 5, 2016, with two counts of interference with an emergency telephone call. (Houston Police Department via AP)
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FILE - In this March 4, 2016 file photo, New Jersey Transit passengers board a train at Seacaucus Junction in Seacaucus, N.J. Trains run by New Jersey Transit, which operates the nation’s second-largest commuter railroad, have been involved in 157 accidents since the start of 2011, three times as many as the largest, the Long Island Rail Road, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from January 2011 through July 2016. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, Delta Air Lines planes are parked at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in Washington. Delta Air Lines reports financial results Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**
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Illustration on Hurricane Matthew by William Brown/Tribune Content Agency
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Mike Corey wears waders as he goes to check on his units as the floodwaters slowly rise at the Wyndham Circle duplex complex in Greenville, NC on Wednesday,Oct. 12, 2016. The homes were threatened as the Tar River came out of its banks from all the rains from Hurricane Matthew, which passed through the eastern part of the state a few days ago. Some North Carolina rivers, like the Tar, continue to rise from the heavy rains, threatening property and forcing evacuations. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)
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Investigators look at a snapped off telephone pole next to the remains of a small plane along Main St, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in East Hartford, Conn., a day following the plane's crash. The FBI is taking over as lead investigator in the deadly crash of a small plane carrying a flight instructor and a student pilot because of indications that it might have been a criminal act, safety officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Investigators look at the remains of a small plane along Main St, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in East Hartford, Conn., a day following the plane's crash. The FBI is taking over as lead investigator in the deadly crash of a small plane carrying a flight instructor and a student pilot because of indications that it might have been a criminal act, safety officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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The FBI is investigating a plane crash in East Hartford, Connecticut on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, that may have been intentional. (Fox News screenshot)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Aurora Marte, of Storm Lake, Iowa, loads food into her car during a drive-by pantry sponsored by the Storm Lake school district, in Storm Lake, Iowa. Storm Lake has a low unemployment rate, vibrant downtown and tree-lined neighborhoods, but it’s also facing a surge in hunger that’s familiar to rural communities across the country. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Buckley Miller paddles a canoe past a flooded water treatment plant in downtown Lumberton after Hurricane Matthew caused downed trees, power outages and massive flooding along the Lumber River Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 in Lumberton, NC. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
