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A miniature golf course remains flooded Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Fire department members head out on a rescue mission down flooded Wohler Road, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Melba Martinelli tries to keep her balance walking through flood water to her home Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Traffic crosses a bridge over a drainage ditch in Sparks, Nev., Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, where water levels were falling after flooding Sunday night. The worst danger had passed but more rain was in the forecast later this week. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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Emergency crews pile sandbags Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, along the Truckee River in Lockwood, Nev. National Guard troops were called in to assist local residents whose neighborhood was cut off by flooding. The worst danger had passed but more rain was in the forecast later this week. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)
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Vineyards remain flooded in the Russian River Valley, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Michelle Wolfe, who had to evacuate her nearby mobile home, looks out toward flooded vineyards in the Russian River Valley, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Two men use a rowboat to make their way through a flooded RV park Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, near Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A man uses a rowboat to make his way through a flooded RV park as the Russian River flows in the distance Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, near Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Water from the Russian River floods an RV park Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, near Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Flooded canoes remain in an abandoned RV park Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A man and his dog stand on a bridge and look at the Russian River, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Vineyards remain flooded in the Russian River Valley, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Forestville, Calif. A massive storm system stretching from California into Nevada lifted rivers climbing out of their banks, flooded vineyards and forced people to evacuate after warnings that hillsides parched by wildfires could give way to mudslides. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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High winds toppled a tree into the street and on top of a parked car in the 500 block of N. Walnut Street Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Colorado Springs, Colo. High winds have overturned some large vehicles and damaged buildings in the Colorado Springs area while ice is making travel dangerous in western Colorado. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)
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In this photo, made available by the Colorado Department of Transportation, a fire crew responds Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, at the scene of an overturned diesel tanker truck involved in a high wind-related accident, with the tanker spilling about 2000 gallons of diesel, along Interstate 70 near Gypsum, in western Colo. High winds have overturned some large vehicles and damaged buildings in the Colorado Springs area while ice is making travel dangerous in western Colorado. (Randy McIntosh/CDOT via AP)
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The bubble over the Country Club of Colorado Aquatic Center is in tatters from high winds Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Colorado Springs Colo. High winds have overturned some large vehicles and damaged buildings in the Colorado Springs area while ice is making travel dangerous in western Colorado. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)
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A rolled semi slows I-25 in the southbound lanes just north of the S. Academy Blvd exit Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Colorado Springs, Colo. High winds have overturned some large vehicles and damaged buildings in the Colorado Springs area while ice is making travel dangerous in western Colorado. (Mark Reis/The Gazette via AP)
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FILE -- In this June 15, 2014 file photo, a polar bear dries off after taking a swim in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its plan Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, for the recovery of threatened polar bears, acknowledging it will take no direct action for addressing the primary threat, that of greenhouse gases that contribute to the decline of sea ice habitat. Polar bears, the first species to be declared threatened or endangered because of climate change, rely on sea ice for hunting seals and raising their young. (Brian Battaile/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)
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Polar bears are not disappearing as some scientists have projected, research shows. (Associated Press/File)
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Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott stands in front of a new solar power project he helped inaugurate on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 in Montpelier, Vt. Scott, who took office last week, said he remains committed to the goal set by his predecessor of getting 90 percent of the state's power from renewable sources by 2050. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
