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Hardly anything remains of the home of Jessie and Diana Mills of the Pine Grove Community near Magee, Miss., following a direct hit by a possible morning tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the strong winds that blew through several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Only a few walls remain standing at the home of Jessie and Diana Mills of the Pine Grove Community near Magee, Miss., following a hit by a possible morning tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the strong winds that blew through several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A Pine Grove community home ended up with a uprooted tree smashing through the roof and walls as a result of the winds from a possible morning tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the strong winds that blew through several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A boxed board game sits atop the remains of the possessions of Jessie and Diana Mills of the Pine Grove Community near Magee, Miss., following a direct hit by a possible morning tornado, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Several homes and businesses were affected by the strong winds that blew through several central Mississippi counties. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A Victorian home is covered with a plastic tarp to protect it from the rain in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. California is getting soaked with series of heavy storms. A second storm will arrive Thursday night and could drop another 2 inches of rain and up to 3 inches in LA-area foothills by Saturday, forecasters said. Forecasters cautioned that mud and debris flows could occur if heavy rains fell on wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In a Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Cumberland Valley Tree Service is cutting down diseased ash trees at Scotland Campus at the entrance off Scotland Road, in Scotland, Pa. School officials say about 70 ash trees across campus must come down. The trees, which are hollowing out and dying, had served as a familiar entrance canopy for over 75 years. (Markell DeLoatch/Public Opinion via AP) /Public Opinion via AP)
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In a Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Cumberland Valley Tree Service is cutting down diseased ash trees at Scotland Campus at the entrance off Scotland Road, in Scotland, Pa. School officials say about 70 ash trees across campus must come down. The trees, which are hollowing out and dying, had served as a familiar entrance canopy for over 75 years. (Markell DeLoatch/Public Opinion via AP) /Public Opinion via AP)
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In a Friday, Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Dane Bricker carries branches to be cut at Scotland Campus, in Scotland, Pa. Cumberland Valley Tree Service is cutting down diseased ash trees at Scotland Campus at the entrance off Scotland Road. School officials say about 70 ash trees across campus must come down. The trees, which are hollowing out and dying, had served as a familiar entrance canopy for over 75 years. (Markell DeLoatch/Public Opinion via AP) /Public Opinion via AP)
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In this Jan. 13, 2017, photo, a tree lies on the ground as Cumberland Valley Tree Service cuts down diseased ash trees at Scotland Campus in Scotland, Pa. (Markell DeLoatch/Public Opinion via AP)
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Suzanne Louis prays by herself in the nearly empty emergency ward of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital, Haiti, Thursday Jan. 19, 2017. Nurses, janitors, stretcher bearers and other personnel have walked out of public hospitals in Haiti's chronically troubled health system to demand better pay and working conditions a few months after a lengthy strike by resident doctors ended. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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A sick inmate with his feet shackled lies on a bed in the nearly empty emergency ward of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital, Haiti, Thursday Jan. 19, 2017. Nurses, janitors, stretcher bearers and other personnel have walked out of public hospitals in Haiti's chronically troubled health system to demand better pay and working conditions a few months after a lengthy strike by resident doctors ended. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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Pierre Thimoleon listens to missionaries visiting the nearly empty emergency ward of Port-au-Prince's General Hospital, Haiti, Thursday Jan. 19, 2017. Nurses, janitors, stretcher bearers and other personnel have walked out of public hospitals in Haiti's chronically troubled health system to demand better pay and working conditions a few months after a lengthy strike by resident doctors ended. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
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Dry Eucalyptus trees sit on a hillside at Elysian Park in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. California got soaked with heavy rains Thursday. A second storm will arrive Thursday night and could drop another 2 inches of rain and up to 3 inches in LA-area foothills by Saturday, forecasters said. Forecasters cautioned that mud and debris flows could occur if heavy rains fell on wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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A family walks on a stretch off land eroded by rain flow in Elysian Park in Los Angeles , Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. California getting soaked with series of heavy storms. A second storm will arrive Thursday night and could drop another 2 inches of rain and up to 3 inches in LA-area foothills by Saturday, forecasters said. Forecasters cautioned that mud and debris flows could occur if heavy rains fell on wildfire burn scars. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2013 file photo, a worker from Pacific Environmental Corporation skims the water near the Matson shipyard in the Kapalama Basin in Honolulu after a molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the company responsible for the 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor in 2013. The federal agency announced in a statement Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 that Matson Terminals Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $725,000. The molasses leaked from a section of pipe that had been flagged by the state a year before the spill. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, File)
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In this Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, Placido Shim shows two fish he gaffed that were floating near his boat after a leaky pipe caused molasses to ooze into the harbor and kill marine life. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the company responsible for a 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor in 2013. The federal agency announced in a statement Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 that Matson Terminals Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $725,000. The molasses leaked from a section of pipe that had been flagged by the state a year before the spill. (Dennis Oda/The Star-Advertiser via AP, File)
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In this Sept. 16, 2013 file photo, a Maston ship sits in Honolulu Harbor near the site of a molasses spill. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with the shipping company responsible for the 1,400-ton molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor in 2013. The federal agency announced in a statement Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 that Matson Terminals Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $725,000. The molasses leaked from a section of pipe that had been flagged by the state a year before the spill. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia, File)
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This image released by Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios shows Michelle Williams, left, and Casey Affleck in a scene from "Manchester By The Sea." (Claire Folger/Roadside Attractions and Amazon Studios via AP)
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A pair of benches, crushed when they was struck by fallen trees, are seen at Capitol Park Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. A nearly 90-foot tulip tree and 85-foot American Elm trees were among the three trees in an historic grove honoring Civil War veterans, that was destroyed during the storm that swept through Northern California Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
