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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 17 AND THEREAFTER - In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, photograph, Kirk Klancke, president of the Colorado River Headwaters Chapter of Trout Unlimited, smiles as he fly fishes on the Colorado River near Kremmling, Colo. Some conservationists and environmental groups are crying foul while others are willing to compromise as Denver Water looks to exercise its water rights in the north-central part of the state. (Nathaniel Minor/Colorado Public Radio via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 17 - In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo, Kirk Klancke, president of the Colorado River Headwaters Chapter of Trout Unlimited, fly fishes along the Colorado River near Kremmling, Colo. Some conservationists and environmental groups are crying foul while others are willing to compromise as Denver Water looks to exercise its water rights in the north-central part of the state. (Nathaniel Minor/Colorado Public Radio via AP)
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The Eiffel tower is seen as Paris suffers a pollution spike, in Paris, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Paris city hall has barred half of all cars from traveling and made public transportation free. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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A sedan is stuck in mud and debris that flowed down slopes previously denuded by wildfires in Duarte, Calif., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. A late fall storm has drenched California, causing some mud flows, roadway flooding and traffic snarls as it takes parting shots at the south end of the state. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Heavy machinery is used to remove mud and debris that flowed down slopes previously denuded by wildfires in Duarte, Calif., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. A late fall storm has drenched California, causing some mud flows, roadway flooding and traffic snarls as it takes parting shots at the south end of the state. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In this photo provided by John Gaps III, a car burns after a collision on rain-slick Interstate 15 just north of San Bernardino, Calif., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. A late fall storm has drenched California, causing some mud flows, roadway flooding and traffic snarls. (John Gaps III via AP)
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A car heads eastbound towards Fontana on Lytle Creek Road in the San Bernardino National Forest near Lytle Creek, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. A pre-winter storm drenched California with rain and dumped nearly three feet of snow. (Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via AP)
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A rainbow stretches across Interstate 15 in Cajon Pass, Calif. on Friday Dec. 16, 2016. A pre-winter storm drenched California with rain and dumped nearly three feet of snow to help bolster the vital Sierra Nevada snowpack but also triggered mud flows, street flooding and the dramatic rescue Friday of two homeless women and 10 dogs from a flooded river island near Los Angeles.(James Quigg/The Daily Press via AP)
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Brice Stella holds one of the puppies he and other county helicopter crew members rescued from an island in the rain-swollen San Gabriel River in El Monte, Calif., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Flying in stormy conditions, the crew rescued two women, six puppies and four grown dogs from the small island. Stella, a tactical medic, brought each woman up by hoist and then returned for the dogs. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Brice Stella shows the bag of puppies he and other county helicopter crew members rescued from an island in the rain-swollen San Gabriel River in El Monte, Calif., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Flying in stormy conditions, the crew rescued two women, six puppies and four grown dogs from the small island. Stella, a tactical medic, brought each woman up by hoist and then returned for the dogs. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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In a Dec. 11, 2016 photo, Riders decorate a tree with snacks for wildlife during a "Cowboy Christmas" horse ride in Bedford, Va. On Sunday, 17 riders came to the 300-acre farm to take a trail ride, each on a rescued horse, for a “Cowboy Christmas” — a tradition Ron Gore and Gore and Kathleen Donovan have hosted for about five years now. Horses that were mistreated, misused or neglected are now in the caring hands of Gore and Kathleen Donovan, his wife, who operate the Bedford County farm on Reba Farm Lane. (Jay Westcott/News & Daily Advance via AP)
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A tow rig operator runs to his truck with a game plan to help clean up the mess of a two-trailer dirt-hauling dump truck that slid, tipped and wound up partially dangling off the ramp as rescue crews work to help eight people involved in the collision the eastbound 91 freeway to the northbound 55 Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif. A late fall storm has drenched California, causing some mud flows, roadway flooding and traffic snarls as it takes parting shots at the south end of the state. (Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Firefighters from Indiana and Michigan departments battle a fire at the Lake George Retreat restaurant on Lake George, just south of the Indiana-Michigan border Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (Mike Marturello/The Herald Republican via AP)
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Thick ice from a broken water main coats a major road as water crews work on repairs in Portland, Ore., Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Schools across the Portland metro area closed and driving was slow for another day as below-freezing temperatures prevent ice and snow from Wednesday's snow storm from melting.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Julian LePelch paddles his kayak past a flooded field at Tamalpais High School Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Mill Valley, Calif. One of the strongest rainstorms of the season hit the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, with a small town in the North Bay receiving nearly seven inches of rain over the last 24-hour period, forecasters said. Flash-flood warnings are in effect for southern Sonoma County and northern Marin County. LePelch is a student at the school. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Los Angeles Iron Worker Local 433 member Robert Gutierrez stands under the rain by his truck after it hydroplaned off the road Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, off Los Feliz Blvd in Los Angeles. Rockslides caused by drenching rains have forced closure of about 36 miles of Highway 1 on California's Central Coast. A late fall storm has drenched California, causing some mud flows, roadway flooding and traffic snarls as it takes parting shots at the south end of the state. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Firefighters look on as cars burn at a wrecking yard fire Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Richmond, Calif. About 40 cars were destroyed in the massive fire at the auto-wrecking yard in Richmond early Friday, officials said. Dark plumes of smoke could be seen wafting across the East Bay and in San Francisco as firefighters worked to control the blaze. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Smoke from a wrecking yard fire in Richmond wafts over Alcatraz Island Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in San Francisco. About 40 cars were destroyed in a massive fire at an auto-wrecking yard in Richmond early Friday, officials said. Dark plumes of smoke could be seen wafting across the East Bay and in San Francisco as firefighters worked to control the blaze. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Smoke from an auto-wrecking yard fire wafts over a nearby neighborhood Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Richmond, Calif. About 40 cars were destroyed in the massive fire early Friday, officials said. Dark plumes of smoke could be seen wafting across the East Bay and in San Francisco as firefighters worked to control the blaze. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Workers stand in foam as firefighters watch cars burn during a fire at an auto-wrecking yard Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, in Richmond, Calif. About 40 cars were destroyed in the massive fire early Friday, officials said. Dark plumes of smoke could be seen wafting across the East Bay and in San Francisco as firefighters worked to control the blaze. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
