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Faye Green was rescued through a bedroom window by her daughter, Myesha Byars after a large pecan tree fell on her home Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in Wharton, Texas. Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and injuring people Tuesday southwest of Houston as a strong storm system moved quickly across much of the state. ( Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Cheryl Bradshaw looks at what is left of her only bathroom after a tree fell on her home Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in Wharton, Texas. Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and injuring people Tuesday southwest of Houston as a strong storm system moved quickly across much of the state. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Cheryl Bradshaw, right, and her son Jerard walk past a toppled tree that separated her bathroom from her home Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 in Wharton, Texas. Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and injuring people Tuesday southwest of Houston as a strong storm system moved quickly across much of the state. (Steve Gonzales/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Rylan Moua, left, and his uncle Christopher Vang, right, of Oroville, Calif., gather pillows as they leave a shelter Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Young evacuees gather their belongings as they prepare to leave a shelter Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Evacuees listen to an announcement lifting the evacuation of the Oroville Dam communities Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. ( AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Brandon Moua, left, and his brother Justin, of Oroville, Calif., fold a blanket as they prepared to leave a shelter Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Catalina Rosales, from left, her daughter Kelly, 3, and husband Armando, of Gridley, Calif., leave a shelter after a mandatory evacuation was lifted Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation's tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2017 file photo, North Carolina State's Dennis Smith Jr. (4) drives to the basket as time expires in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Durham, N.C. Smith has two triple-doubles this season, but N.C. State sits near the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference entering Wednesday’s game against rival North Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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Ice that began to break up overnight shows the clearing on the Bighorn river on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, near Worland, Wyo. The ice jam that caused flooding over the weekend at Worland has broken up and the Bighorn River is back within its banks. Washakie County spokeswoman Kami Neighbors says the ice jam broke up late Monday, and crews are working to clear large pieces of ice left behind in town. (Karla Pomeroy/Northern Wyoming Daily News via AP)

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As the District's nonvoting member of Congress, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton can propose legislation but not vote on it, which she is pressing to change. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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The Feather River flows with force through Oroville, Calif., downstream from a damaged dam Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Workers are rushing to repair the barrier at the nation's tallest dam after authorities on Sunday ordered the evacuation for everyone living below the lake amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Rocks are loaded onto a trailer at a staging area atop the Oroville Dam Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Workers hoisted giant white bags filled with rocks, and helicopters planned to fly in rocks Tuesday then release them into the eroded area of the spillway. Dump trucks full of boulders also were dumping cargo on the damaged spillway. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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A gazebo is submerged from the overflowing Feather River downstream from a damaged dam at Riverbend Park Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Workers are rushing to repair the barrier at the nation's tallest dam after authorities on Sunday ordered the evacuation for everyone living below the lake amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Play structures are submerged from the overflowing Feather River downstream from a damaged dam at Riverbend Park on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Workers are rushing to repair the barrier at the nation's tallest dam after authorities on Sunday ordered the evacuation for everyone living below the lake amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Water gushes from the Oroville Dam's main spillway Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Crews working around the clock atop the crippled Oroville Dam have made progress repairing the damaged spillway, state officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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A man looks to run across the Highway 59 feeder road to take shelter from the rain as strong storms move across the area Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Houston. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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A building is submerged from the overflowing Feather River downstream from a damaged dam at Riverbend Park on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Workers are rushing to repair the barrier at the nation's tallest dam after authorities on Sunday ordered the evacuation for everyone living below the lake amid concerns the spillway could fail and send water roaring downstream. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 photo, ice jams up along the Big Horn River just below the Culbertson Bridge in Worland, Wyo. The ice jam that caused flooding over the weekend at Worland has broken up and the Bighorn River is back within its banks. Washakie County spokeswoman Kami Neighbors says the ice jam broke up late Monday Feb.13, and crews are working to clear large pieces of ice left behind in town. (Karla Pomeroy/Northern Wyoming Daily News via AP)

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Water gushes from the Oroville Dam's main spillway Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Oroville, Calif. Crews working around the clock atop the crippled Oroville Dam have made progress repairing the damaged spillway, state officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)