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In this April 20, 2016 photo, Raymond Haerry is photographed at at West View Nursing & Rehabilitation in West Warwick, R.I. Haerry of the last living crew members on the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has died. He was 94. His son says Haerry died Sept. 27, 2016 in Rhode Island. (Steve Szydlowski/Providence Journal via AP)

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Preston Payne tires to hold his umbrella as he watches the waves near the Tybee pier as Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the East Coast, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, on Tybee Island, Ga. Authorities warned that the danger was far from over, with hundreds of miles of coastline in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina still under threat of torrential rain and dangerous storm surge as the most powerful hurricane to menace the Atlantic Seaboard in over a decade pushed north. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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The Savannah Theater is empty before Hurricane Matthew hits on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 in Savannah, Ga. As the storm closed in, an estimated 2 million people in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina were warned to move inland to escape the fury of the most powerful hurricane to menace the U.S. Atlantic coast in more than a decade. (Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News via AP)

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A barricade and a Georgia State Patrol vehicle block I-16 East at; Exit 39 because of reversed lanes to evacuate the coast from approaching Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, near Dudley, Ga. Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating a shooting that left a man wounded and a state trooper injured after officers tried to break up a street race. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Surf from the Banana River crashes up on a dock at Sunset Grill in Cocoa Beach, Fla., as Hurricane Matthew hits Florida's east coast, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

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FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2014, file photo, North Carolina State coach Dave Doeren yells during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Georgia Tech in Raleigh, N.C. Notre Dame (2-3) visits the Wolfpack (3-1) on Saturday in a game that could be affected by the threat of severe weather from Hurricane Matthew. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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Residents and vehicles avoid a downed tree and power cable along a flooded roadway in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Nassau, Bahamas, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. The head of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Authority, Capt. Stephen Russell, said there were many downed trees and power lines, but no reports of casualties. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)

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Residents repair their homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Two days after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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Saint Anne church lays totally destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Camp Perrin, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Two days after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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File - In this April 4, 2013, file photo, a dragline excavator moves rocks above a coal seam at the Spring Creek Mine in Decker, Mont. U.S. officials have approved a 117 million-ton expansion of a Montana coal mine after concluding that burning the fuel would have a minor impact on the nation’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Federal mining officials said in documents made public Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, that burning coal from the Spring Creek Mine would generate roughly 160 million tons of carbon dioxide over the next five years. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

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CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO THURSDAY, NOT WEDNESDAY - This GOES East satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows Hurricane Matthew moving northwest of Cuba towards the Atlantic coast of southern Florida, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Matthew was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane late Thursday morning, with top sustained winds of 140 mph. The storm was blamed for more than 100 deaths in Haiti alone, and officials in Florida urged residents of the Sunshine State to prepare for what could be widespread and massive damage. (NOAA via AP)

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In this Sept. 29, 2016 photo, Chris Owens stands beside his outhouse-turned-voting booth at Owens Truck Farm in Ashland, N.H. Manikins of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hang outside the booth, while ballots are deposited into side-by-side toilets inside the booth. (Sean Hurley/New Hampshire Public Radio via AP)

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Los Angeles fire department firefighters arrive at the scene of a car crash in front of a fast food restaurant near downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. The traffic accident left a vehicle overturned on a sidewalk and another smashed-up car in the drive-thru lane of a fast-food restaurant. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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Josh Sweat, a butcher at the BiLo grocery store, moves a shopping cart return rack during storm preparations for Hurricane Matthew, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Darien, Ga. The hurricane picked up steam as it closed in, growing from a Category 3 to a Category 4 storm by late morning. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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A heavily damaged duplex home is seen after an explosion Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, in Trenton, N.J. Authorities say an apparent explosion damaged the duplex home, but it's not yet clear what caused the blast. Authorities say two people were taken to a hospital for evaluations, but further details on their conditions were not immediately available. The blast came one day after a similar incident in Paterson, N.J. Two multifamily houses were destroyed in that explosion, which officials say may have been caused by a gas leak. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

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In this Sept. 28, 2016 photo provided by the United States Geological Survey, the lava lake atop Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island. Federal officials have released new high definition video of the lava lake atop the active volcano, providing a rare close-up glimpse of the powerful summit eruption. (USGS via AP)

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, file photo, hurricane specialist Eric Blake monitors the path of Hurricane Matthew at the National Hurricane Center, in Miami. Travelers along the East Coast are preparing for delays and cancellations as Hurricane Matthew heads toward the U.S. Airlines are preparing to suspend flights from Florida up through Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, depending on where the hurricane hits land. Cruise lines are shuffling ship itineraries and many frantic vacationers are looking at insurance policies to see if they are covered. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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In this Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 photo, grapes are ready for harvesting at Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery in Berlin, Vt. The dry summer weather was ideal for growing grapes in some spots in the Northeast, but the drought in southern New England and parts of New York may have decreased the crop. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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A structure is seen burned by a wildfire east of Pueblo, Colo., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)