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A boat ferries construction workers to and from the construction site of a new bridge to replace the 58-year-old Tappan Zee Bridge spanning the Hudson River, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, between Tarrytown and Nyack, N.Y. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama plans to speak by the bridge just north of New York City to press his case that a key federal government fund used to pay for the nation's roads, bridges and ports is running dry and that the economy would be damaged if it is not replenished. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Grant Road is damaged after a flood in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )

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Debris is piled up after a flood in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )

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A utility worker talks on the phone in front of a sidewalk that was damaged after a flood in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )

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People walk around the debris after a flood in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )

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People walk along the flooding damage in the surrounding area of Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )