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Julio Ruiz of J.R.R. Roofing pauses in the heat while he and his crew remove old roofing on a house, as the temperature pushes 115-degrees in Tucson, Ariz. on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Ruiz said they had been working since 5:30am and had to finish putting down a layer of felt in case of monsoon rain. The Tucson area is under an excessive heat warning for the remainder of the week. (Rick Wiley/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
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This satellite image taken Tuesday, June 20, 2017, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico approaching the Gulf Coast. Tropical Storm Cindy hovered over the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana on Tuesday, churning tides and spinning bands of rain over the central and eastern Gulf Coast. (NOAA via AP)
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Baskets of sand line Bayou Des Allemands as South Louisiana prepares for heavy rain on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Brett Duke/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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Workers fill baskets with sand along Bayou Des Allemands as South Louisiana prepares for heavy rain on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Brett Duke/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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Fisherman Thiet Tran said he was coming in early from Lake Borgne because of the bad weather. He looks up at the clouds while docked in Bayou Bienvenue as Tropical Storm Cindy heads toward Louisiana on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (Chris Granger/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
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Heat waves ripple across the tarmac at Sky Harbor International Airport as downtown Phoenix stands in the background as an airplane lands, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Phoenix. 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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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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Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Lee Smithson, warns of a serious threat of flooding along the Gulf Coast from heavy rain bands predicted to fall out from Tropical Storm Cindy, Tuesday afternoon, June 20, 2017, at MEMA headquarters in Pearl, Miss. A number of Mississippi communities are handing out sandbags as rain threatened low-lying areas along rivers and bayous. Flash flooding in low lying areas throughout the southern counties as well as long term flooding along some of the coastal rivers is expected. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A brightly hued rainfall map provide the background as Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Lee Smithson, warns of a serious threat of flooding along the Gulf Coast from heavy rain bands predicted to fall out from Tropical Storm Cindy, Tuesday afternoon, June 20, 2017, at MEMA headquarters in Pearl, Miss. A number of Mississippi communities are handing out sandbags as rain threatened low-lying areas along rivers and bayous. Flash flooding in low lying areas throughout the southern counties as well as long term flooding along some of the coastal rivers is expected. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Lee Smithson, warns of a serious threat of flooding along the Gulf Coast from heavy rain bands predicted to fall out from Tropical Storm Cindy, Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at MEMA headquarters in Pearl, Miss. A number of Mississippi communities are handing out sandbags as rain threatened low-lying areas along rivers and bayous. Flash flooding in low lying areas throughout the southern counties as well as long term flooding along some of the coastal rivers is expected. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Bill and Leslie O'Brien of Vancleave, Miss., fill sandbags on Monday, June 19, 2017, at the Harrison County Road Department in Gulfport, Miss., for a friend in preparation for expected heavy rains later this week from a tropical system developing in the Gulf of Mexico. (John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2016 file photo, Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer talks to reporters near the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J. Zimmer announced on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, she’ll focus on climate change rather than running for a third term in office because of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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In this June 15, 2005, file photo, flames from methane burning at the landfill in Coventry, Vt. The Trump administration is delaying two Obama-era regulations aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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FILE - This March 2002, file photo shows a deer tick under a microscope in the entomology lab at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown, R.I. New England got a respite in 2016 as the drought took a toll on ticks, whose numbers drop when humidity falls below 85 percent. But 2017 is shaping up to be a bad year for ticks across the region. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho, File)
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In this Aug. 26, 2015 photo, Jim Reding explains the history of the Land Lab classroom at Granville Intermediate School in Granville, Ohio. Reding, a high school science teacher said climate change is an issue that will affect his students’ lives and he wants them to think critically and have civil, reasoned conversations about it. Most climate scientists say manmade emissions drive global warming, but there’s no such consensus among American educators over how climate change should be taught. (Sara C. Tobias/The Advocate via AP)
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In this June 17, 2017, photo, the damaged Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal cruises off Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, after colliding with the USS Fitzgerald off Japan earlier in the day. Experts generally agree that the ACX Crystal, coming from behind, tried to pass the USS Fitzgerald on the right side. Extensive damage to the destroyer’s starboard side and that to the container on its port side suggest that, but it is too early to determine which side is responsible, they say. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017, photo, damaged USS Fitzgerald is headed to the U.S. Naval base off Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after colliding with Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystal off Japan earlier in the day. The 8,315-ton destroyer had its starboard side badly damaged, with a mechanical room and two sleeping compartments destroyed and flooded. Navy officials say the ship also had a big gash on the bottom. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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FILE - In this June 17, 2017, file photo, the container ship ACX Crystal with its left bow dented and scraped after colliding with the USS Fitzgerald off Japan earlier in the day, is berthed at the Oi Container Terminal in Tokyo. Experts generally agree that the ACX Crystal, coming from behind, tried to pass the USS Fitzgerald on the right side. Extensive damage to the destroyer’s starboard side and that to the container on its port side suggest that, but it is too early to determine which side is responsible, they say. (Hitoshi Takano/Kyodo News via AP, File)
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In this Sunday, June 18, 2017, photo, damaged USS Fitzgerald is docked at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo after colliding with Philippine-flagged container ship ACX Crystal off Japan on Saturday. The 8,315-ton destroyer had its starboard side badly damaged, with a mechanical room and two sleeping compartments destroyed and flooded. Navy officials say the ship also had a big gash on the bottom. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Qatar Airways planes are seen parked at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar. The deadline for Qataris to leave neighboring Gulf Arab states has come into effect as the diplomatic standoff persists despite multiple mediation efforts. (AP Photo/Malak Harb)
