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U.S Marines rushed to aide firefighters in Washington, D.C., on September 19, 2018. The Marines helped to evacuate elderly men and women from a burning building. (Image: Twitter, DC Fire and EMS)

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Liberty Struck Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on the financial impact of hurricanes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Chicken farm buildings are inundated with floodwater from Hurricane Florence near Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Sen. Marco Rubio is encouraging people to flood a Miami restaurant with calls after owner Nusret Gokce, nicknamed Salt Bae, hosted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for a lavish steak dinner in Turkey while his own country starves. (Twitter/@Yusnaby)

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Drivers made their way down a flooded road in South Carolina. Officials implored people to stay off roads, saying a few inches of water can sweep cars away. (Associated Press)

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Floodwaters submerged cars in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as water levels were expected to continue rising. (Associated Press)

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Bob Richling carried Iris Darden, 84, out of her flooded home as her daughter-in-law, Pam Darden, gathered her belongings Monday in Spring Lake, North Carolina. (Associated Press)

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Floodwater threatened homes in Dillon, South Carolina. (Associated Press)

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Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long arrives to testify before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, during a hearing on the federal response to the 2017 hurricane season. Long said the challenge presented by hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria is unprecedented in the history of his agency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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This photo provided by NASA shows Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018, as it threatens the U.S. East Coast. Forecasters said Florence could become an extremely dangerous major hurricane sometime Monday and remain that way for days. (NASA via AP)

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In this image take from video provided by WCVB in Boston, flames consume a home in Lawrence, Mass, a suburb of Boston, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Emergency crews are responding to what they believe is a series of gas explosions that have damaged homes across three communities north of Boston. (WCVB via AP)

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In this image take from video provided by WCVB in Boston, flames rise from a house in Lawrence, Mass, a suburb of Boston, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Emergency crews are responding to what they believe is a series of gas explosions that have damaged homes across three communities north of Boston. (WCVB via AP)