Disaster_Accident

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Heavy rainfall flooded the intersection of 15th Street and Constitution Avenue Northwest and stalled cars in the street on Monday in the District. A slow moving weather system dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain. (Associated Press)

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The White House basement where many in the press work sustained minor flooding on Monday, July 8, 2019. (Screenshot of Twitter photo by Eamon Javers of CNBC)

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Washington guard Elena Delle Donne, out with a broken nose, wasn't in the lineup for Wednesday's 91-68 loss to Phoenix.. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

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Seismologist Lucy Jones talks during a news conference at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, July 4, 2019. A strong earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday morning, making hanging lamps sway and photo frames on walls shake. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries but a swarm of aftershocks were reported. (AP Photo/John Antczak)

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"We are literally putting all our eggs in one basket in terms of global food security," says Ann Tutwiler, chairwoman of Bioversity International USA.

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Damage is seen to a hangar after a twin-engine plane crashed into the building at Addison Airport in Addison, Texas, Sunday, June 30, 2019. The small airplane crashed as it was taking off from the Dallas-area airport Sunday morning, a spokeswoman for the town of Addison, Texas, said. (Shaban Athuman/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

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2. Southwest Airlines Industry: Transportation and logistics Employees: 56,000 A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft lands at the Southern California Logistics Airport in the high desert town of Victorville, Calif. Southwest Airlines Co. reports earns on Thursday, April 25. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman, File)

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Web of Red Tape Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott deployed 1,000 National Guard troops to the border to assist the Department of Homeland Security. (Associated Press)

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Joe Crain, who has been a meteorologist at WICS in Springfield for the last 15 years, is now out of a job after his on-air criticism of his station's "Code Red" weather alerts went viral. (WICS)

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A partial rainbow is shown over the skyline in San Francisco, Friday, March 2, 2018. In Northern California, a blizzard warning was in effect for parts of the Sierra Nevada, and dozens of collisions were reported on San Francisco Bay Area highways. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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The pro-life organization Live Action had its Pinterest content banned from the platform on June 11, 2019, due to guidelines meant to protect the "health or public safety" of users. (Image: Twitter, Live Action promotional image)

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U.S. Navy and Philippine Coast Guard divers conduct search-and-rescue operation for the sunken passenger ferry, MV Princess of the Stars, off Sibuyan Island in central Philippines on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo smoke rises from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers, in New York City. On Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, Rupa Bhattacharyya, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund special master, announced that the compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks will cut future payments by 50 to 70 percent because the fund is running out of money. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) **FILE**

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The U.S. Navy has started construction of an 'Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle' called Orca. Boeing will supply four vehicles as part of a $43 million. (Image: Boeing, concept art)

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Reminders of Hurricane Michael's fury are everywhere at Tyndall Air Force Base. (Associated Press/File)

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The USS John S. McCain under repair at a dry dock is seen after a rededication ceremony for at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer dedicated one of two destroyers involved in fatal accidents in the Pacific last year to Sen. John McCain. He added McCain's name to a Japan-based warship that was already named for the Arizona senator's father and grandfather. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Poppies are encased in a wall on the National Mall to commemorate lives lost in U.S. conflicts since World War I. Each flower represents a single combat casualty. (Associated Press)