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Crews work to remove downed trees and debris on Highway 49 South in Covington County, Ala., near Collins, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Elijah Baylis/The Clanton Advertiser via AP)
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Crews work to remove downed trees and debris on Highway 49 South in Covington County, Ala., near Collins, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Elijah Baylis/The Clanton Advertiser via AP)
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Debris lies on the ground after a storm south of Mount Olive, Miss., moved through Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Ryan Moore/WDAM-TV via AP)
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Debris lies on the ground after a storm south of Mount Olive, Miss., moved through the area Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Ryan Moore/WDAM-TV via AP)
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In this Oct. 18, 2014 photo, the interior of concrete structures called "Quonset huts" crumbles inside the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales province, northern Philippines. Naval Station Subic Bay used to be one of the largest U.S. military base outside the American mainland. It was partly damaged during the eruption of Mount Pinatubo forcing American troops from the more severely damaged Clark Air Base to relocate at Subic. It was closed in 1992 after the Philippine Senate voted not to extend the lease on the facility. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Supporters of cattleman and anti-federal figure Cliven Bundy are protesting a presidential decision to give national monument protection to public land where Bundy grazes cows near his southern Nevada ranch. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this June 26, 2002, file photo, a three-inch pallid sturgeon swims with hundreds of others in a tank in the Miles City State Fish Hatchery in Miles City, Mont. Wildlife advocates are planning to challenge the approval of a dam on the Yellowstone River critics contend could kill off a dwindling population of a fish that dates to the time of dinosaurs. A bypass channel would be constructed around the dam near the Montana-North Dakota border to let endangered pallid sturgeon reach their upstream spawning grounds. But that's not been done before and the project's been on hold since 2015 under a federal court order. (James Woodcock/Billings Gazette via AP, File)
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FILE - In this March 16, 2010 file photo bison are pictured at a reserve in the Bialowieza forest, in Bialowieza, eastern Poland. Environmentalists are protesting plans by the authorities to allow hunters to kill 10 bison in the Borecka forest saying the protected animals should be allowed to die of natural causes. Greenpeace had gathered well over 7,000 signatures by Monday afternoon, Jan. 2, 2017, on a letter asking Prime Minister Beata Szydlo to stop the plan. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, file)
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In this Dec. 30, 2016 photo, a man wearing a mask looks out from a bus in Beijing as the capital of China is blanked by smog. China has long had some of the worst air in the world, blamed on its reliance on coal and a surplus of older, less efficient cars. It has set pollution reduction goals, but also has plans to increase coal mining capacity and eased caps on production when faced with rising energy prices. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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In this Thursday Dec. 29, 2016 photo, a man pets a dog along a flooded street caused by rains from Typhoon Nock-Ten in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. The powerful typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines on Christmas Day, spoiling the biggest holiday in Asia's largest Catholic nation, where a governor offered roast pig to entice villagers to abandon family celebrations for emergency shelters. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
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Hit the road! You're low energy! (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)
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The Costs of "Renewable" Energy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - This Oct. 19, 2016, file photo shows the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River in Washington state. A little-known federal program that avoids publicity to protect from looters the thousands of Native American sites it's tasked with managing has been caught up in a big net. The Federal Columbia River System Cultural Resources Program, which tracks some 4,000 historic sites that also include homesteads and missions, is now contributing information as authorities prepare a court-ordered environmental impact statement concerning struggling salmon and the operation of 14 federal dams in the Columbia River Basin. (Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)
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Miami guard Bruce Brown (11) works between North Carolina State guards Markell Johnson (11) and Terry Henderson (3) during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, an abandoned boat sits in the remains of a dried out pond in Dawson, Ala. More than 18.5 million people in four states Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee are now living in drought areas, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, which tracks conditions across the nation. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2016, file photo, Lake Purdy which has receded several feet due to drought, leaves dry, cracked ground where lake water should use to be, in Birmingham, Ala. The choking drought ravaged agriculture, dried out creeks and led to the spread of wildfires fueled by parched conditions across the state. The lack of rain caused farmers to face difficult decisions about stocks and livestock. Even with year-end rains, much of the state remained classified as suffering an extreme or exceptional drought. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2016 aerial file photo, a boat motors between flooded homes after heavy rains inundating the region Saturday, , in Hammond, La. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2016 aerial file photo over Robert, La., Army National Guard vehicles drive on flooded U.S. Route 190 in Robert, La., after heavy rains inundated the region. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)
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In this Dec. 26, 2016 photo, drivers wait in line to fill up their gas tanks in Charcas, in Mexico's San Luis Potosi state. Ahead of a price deregulation that takes effect Jan. 1, gasoline shortages in many parts of Mexico have forced customers to contend with hours-long lines. Officials say it’s time for Mexicans to pay market prices for gasoline and longtime subsidies are not sustainable. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Los Angles Clippers coach Doc Rivers yells at the officials before being ejected during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/George Bridges)
