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A large piece of a live oak tree covers the ground after a slow moving storm passed Beauvoir, Miss., on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Slow-moving Tropical Storm Cindy sent drenching rain bands over the north Gulf Coast on Wednesday, swamping low-lying coastal roads in Alabama and pushing a waterspout ashore in Mississippi. (John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP)
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Kenny Kuluz wades through flood waters at the Ocean Springs, Miss., harbor as the combination of high tide and the rain bands of Tropical Storm Cindy, dumped rain on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Wednesday morning, June 21, 2017. (Tim Isbell/The Sun Herald, via AP)
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People sit in a car and watch the waves on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as weather from Tropical Storm Cindy, in the Gulf of Mexico, impacts the region in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Australia's Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton speaks to reporters in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Australian minister said U.S. officials are "in the final stages" of vetting up to 1,250 refugees rejected by Australia for resettlement in the United States. The refugees are among hundreds of asylum seekers — mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — who have been languishing for up to four years in immigration camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
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Australia's Immigration and Border Protection Minister Peter Dutton speaks to reporters in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Australian minister said U.S. officials are "in the final stages" of vetting up to 1,250 refugees rejected by Australia for resettlement in the United States. The refugees are among hundreds of asylum seekers — mostly from Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka — who have been languishing for up to four years in immigration camps on the impoverished Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
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Julie Plaisance, right, and Renee Davila stand on a bench on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as weather from Tropical Storm Cindy, in the Gulf of Mexico, impacts the region in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Julie Plaisance, right, and Renee Davila take photos on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as weather from Tropical Storm Cindy, in the Gulf of Mexico, impacts the region in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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People sit in a car and watch the waves on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as weather from Tropical Storm Cindy, in the Gulf of Mexico, impacts the region in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Dana Wheeler, a civil engineer with Integra Engineering, wraps a wet headband around his head to combat the heat, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Tempe, Ariz. Phoenix hit a high of 118 on Monday with an excessive heat warning in place until Saturday. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017, image made from a video, Bret Hendricks, a broiler manager for Tyson Foods speaks outside a chicken house in Plumerville, Ark. Hendricks is responsible for millions of chickens kept at farms near a company processing plant in nearby Dardanelle, Ark. Tyson is launching an effort to ensure the birds are handled properly and will explore ways to slaughter chickens in a more-humane way. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017 photo, a sign outside chicken houses near Plumerville, Ark., warns visitors to practice good hygiene near the young birds growing inside. When the chickens are 33 days old, they will be taken to a processing plant for slaughter and packaging. Tyson Foods says it will explore more-humane ways to kill the birds, and also that it is using a third-party to monitor videos from the plant to ensure the animals are treated properly. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017 photo, 9-day-old chickens eat a mix of corn and soybeans and drink water inside a chicken house north of Plumerville, Ark. The house, and three others like it nearby, hold 30,000 birds each. When the chickens are 33 days old, they will be taken to a processing plant for slaughter and packaging. Tyson Foods says it will explore more-humane ways to kill the birds, and also that it is using a third-party to monitor videos from the plant to ensure the animals are treated properly. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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Karen Wofford, left, of Santa Rosa, Calif., and Linda Purviance of Anchorage, bird watch at Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Purviance said she felt sorry for the families of two people who were mauled to death in Alaska this week by black bears, but said the bear attacks wouldn't stop her from spending time in the Alaska outdoors. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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A helicopter drops water as U.S. Forest Service firefighters and several other departments battle the a wildfire fire near Big Bear, Calif., on Tuesday June20, 2017. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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A helicopter drops water as U.S. Forest Service firefighters and several other departments battle a wildfire near Big Bear, Calif., on Tuesday June 20, 2017. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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U.S. Forest Service firefighters watch a wildfire near Big Bear, Calif., as they refill a water tank on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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A fire continues to burn along Highway 143 Tuesday, June 20, 2017, near Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire that destroyed one home and damaged another while forcing hundreds of people to evacuate a Utah ski town was started by somebody using a torch to kill weeds, Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Herbert, who toured the fire-damaged area around Brian Head, tweeted that experts told him the weed torch was used in dry conditions. He urged people to be extra careful during hot, dry days. (Jordan Allred/The Spectrum & Daily News, via AP)
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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert talks to reporters about the fire outside the Giant Steps Lodge Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire that destroyed one home and damaged another while forcing hundreds of people to evacuate a Utah ski town was started by somebody using a torch to kill weeds, Gov. Gary Herbert said. Herbert, who toured the fire-damaged area around Brian Head, tweeted that experts told him the weed torch was used in dry conditions. He urged people to be extra careful during hot, dry days. (Jordan Allred/The Spectrum & Daily News, via AP)
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A fire continues to burn along Highway 143 Tuesday, June 20, 2017, near Brian Head, Utah. A wildfire that destroyed one home and damaged another while forcing hundreds of people to evacuate a Utah ski town was started by somebody using a torch to kill weeds, Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Herbert, who toured the fire-damaged area around Brian Head, tweeted that experts told him the weed torch was used in dry conditions. He urged people to be extra careful during hot, dry days. (Jordan Allred/The Spectrum & Daily News, via AP)
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A jogger runs across the Sterling Highway from the Bird Creek access point, near a trail head that's closed on Monday, June 19, 2017, after a fatal bear mauling at Bird Ridge Trail in Anchorage, Alaska. Authorities say a black bear killed a 16-year-old runner while he was competing in an Alaska race on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
