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This photo shows the Delaware River Bridge in Bristol, Pa., Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. Tens of thousands of drivers are being told to expect "extreme" delays for weeks because the bridge connecting Pennsylvania and New Jersey had to be shut down over a cracked steel truss. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) **FILE**
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A member of the media walks near a truck that was damaged by an apparent tornado, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Albany, Ga. A vast storm system kicked up apparent tornadoes, shredded mobile homes and left other destruction scattered around the Southeast over the weekend. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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Hattiesburg, Miss., volunteers Brenda Dillion and Vanessa Molden put together boxes of food to give out to tornado victims, law enforcement and others in need of food after Saturday's tornado in Hattiesburg on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. The enormous system put millions of people in the South on edge during a weekend of violent weather that left crumpled trailer homes, downed trees and other damage in the hardest-hit communities from Mississippi to Georgia. (Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg American via AP)
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Hattiesburg volunteers Jasmine Fortson, left, Savannah Beans clean up debris after Saturday's tornado in Hattiesburg, Miss., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. The enormous system put millions of people in the South on edge during a weekend of violent weather that left crumpled trailer homes, downed trees and other damage in the hardest-hit communities from Mississippi to Georgia. (Susan Broadbridge/Hattiesburg American via AP)
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Flooded properties are seen flooded in Paradise Park in Santa Cruz County, Calif., Sunday morning, Jan. 22, 2017. Fast-moving floodwaters swept through mountain communities and residents fled homes below hillsides scarred by wildfires as the third and largest in the latest series of storms brought powerful rain Sunday and warnings about damaging mudslides. (Ryan Masters/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
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Flooded properties are seen in Paradise Park in Santa Cruz County, Calif., Sunday morning, Jan. 22, 2017. Fast-moving floodwaters swept through mountain communities and residents fled homes below hillsides scarred by wildfires as the third and largest in the latest series of storms brought powerful rain Sunday and warnings about damaging mudslides. (Ryan Masters/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
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Floods are seen in Paradise Park in Santa Cruz County, Calif., Sunday morning, Jan. 22, 2017. Fast-moving floodwaters swept through mountain communities and residents fled homes below hillsides scarred by wildfires as the third and largest in the latest series of storms brought powerful rain Sunday and warnings about damaging mudslides. (Ryan Masters/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)
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In this Dec. 14, 2016, photo the Horseshoe Bend Treatment Plant is seen at the far shore of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Mont. Federal officials plan to pump the toxic water into the plant starting in 2023 to keep it below a critical level and prevent it from escaping the pit. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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In this 1891 photo released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Penobscot Bay fishermen clean mackerel near their saltwater farm off the Maine coast. Scientists with the University of Massachusetts and other institutions made the findings while conducting research about a long-ago climate calamity in New England that was caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815. (NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP)
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People stop to take a photo of a gas station damaged by an apparent tornado, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Albany, Ga. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in several counties, including Cook, that have suffered deaths, injuries and severe damage from weekend storms. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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Debris lies on the ground at the home of Ellen Green and Johnny Green on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 in Opelika, Ala. The National Weather Service said Sunday that southern Georgia, northern Florida and the corner of southeastern Alabama could face "intense and long track" tornadoes, scattered damaging winds and large hail. (Todd J. Van Emst/Opelika-Auburn News via AP)
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Terry Paramore works on his roof after a severe storm caused a tree to fall on his home, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Albany, Ga. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency in several counties, including Cook, that have suffered deaths, injuries and severe damage from weekend storms. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
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The porch is all that is left standing at a home on Lockhart Trailer Court Road in Lauderdale, Miss., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Several homes in Lauderdale County were damaged or destroyed after a tornado ripped through the area late Saturday. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)
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A tree branch went through the roof into the nursery at Lockhart Church of God in Lauderdale, Miss., when a tornado went through the area late Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)
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A broom rests against a stool next to a demolished mobile home on Lockhart Trailer Court Road in Lauderdale, Miss., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Several homes in Lauderdale County were damaged or destroyed after a tornado ripped through the area late Saturday. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)
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A tree branch went through the roof into the nursery at Lockhart Church of God in Lauderdale, Miss., when a tornado went through the area late Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (Paula Merritt/The Meridian Star via AP)
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The damaged blinds in the windows of William Carey University's School of Business are seen in Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, following the morning tornado that tore through the campus. The school and the neighboring community were hit by a morning twister that killed several people as roofs were ripped from homes and churches, and trees were torn from the earth. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A young woman posts the Christian Flag that flies in another part of the William Carey University campus in Hattiesburg, Miss., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, as the students, faculty, school officials and parents begin to clear out. The school and the neighboring community was hit by a morning twister that killed several people as roofs were ripped from homes and churches, and trees were torn from the earth. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
