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Parents pick up Hermosa Elementary School students evacuating due to the Etiwanda Fire in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Dry, gusty Santa Ana winds are fanning a wildfire in the foothills of Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains. (AP Photo/San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Leo Jarzomb)
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A resident talks on her phone as she watches the Etiwanda Fire in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. The wildfire driven by surging Santa Ana winds sent a choking pall of smoke through foothill neighborhoods, forcing the evacuation of at least 1,650 homes and the closure of at least seven schools. No homes burned, but the smoke prompted mandatory evacuation orders for several areas of town nestled at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. More than 500 firefighters battled the flames near this city of 165,000 people. The fire was reported about 8 a.m., grew to 200 acres by noon, quadrupled in size within a few hours and continued to grow as it roared through dry brush.(AP Photo/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Will Lester)
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A woman who is evacuating her home carries a dog to a vehicle in smoke from the Etiwanda Fire in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Wednesday, April 30, 2014. The wildfire driven by surging Santa Ana winds sent a choking pall of smoke through foothill neighborhoods, forcing the evacuation of at least 1,650 homes and the closure of at least seven schools. No homes burned, but the smoke prompted mandatory evacuation orders for several areas of town nestled at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. More than 500 firefighters battled the flames near this city of 165,000 people. The fire was reported about 8 a.m., grew to 200 acres by noon, quadrupled in size within a few hours and continued to grow as it roared through dry brush. (AP Photo/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Will Lester)
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Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moves through the region. Road closures have been reported due to flooding, downed trees and electrical lines elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic. The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings through Wednesday afternoon in Washington, northern Virginia and central Maryland. (AP Photo)
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A car drives past a bucket holding orange flags at an intersection in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday, April 14, 2014. A local mother placed the buckets on either end of a crosswalk as an act of "tactical urbanism" - a low-cost way to improve safety in her neighborhood. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
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Sarah Newstok waves at a honking car near her home in Memphis, Tenn. on Monday, April 14, 2014. The mother of three installed buckets with orange safety flags at a busy intersection of her neighborhood when the crosswalk installed by the city failed to slow down traffic. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
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A man walks across a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway after getting his car stuck, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)
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Tow truck workers walk along a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway after freeing a stuck car, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)
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A man walks across a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway as a tow truck worker tries to free a swamped car, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)
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A man waves for a tow truck after getting swamped trying to cross a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)
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A car gets swamped by a wave from a passing tow truck as they pass down a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)