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In this photo made available by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, damage is visible inside a penthouse boiler room of a high-rise residence in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., Friday Oct. 2, 2015. Fire officials say the explosion in the 33-story under-construction building was caused by a gas leak. (Miami-Dade Fire Rescue via AP)
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National Edition Opinion cover for October 7, 2015 - Mass murders in America have grown from rare to routine (Illustration by Donna Grethen for Tribune Content Agency)
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Soldiers and first responders from the South Carolina National Guard perform flood rescue operations during the statewide flood response. More than 1300 South Carolina National Guard members were activated in response to the floods. Video courtesy of South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team
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In this undated photo provided by TOTE Maritime shows the cargo ship, El Faro. The El Faro departed Jacksonville, Fla., on Sept. 29, 2015 when Joaquin was still a tropical storm. The ship had 33 crew members, and it was headed to Puerto Rico when it encountered heavy seas when Joaquin became a hurricane. The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 that the El Faro has been lost. They are still searching for survivors. (TOTE Maritime via AP)
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Floodwaters close in on homes on a small piece of land on Lake Katherine in Columbia, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. After a week of steady rain, the showers tapered off Monday and an inundated South Carolina turned to surveying a road system shredded by historic flooding. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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In this image released by Broad Green Pictures, Andrew Garfield portrays Dennis Nash, left, and Michael Shannon portrays Rick Carver in a scene from "99 Homes." (Hooman Bahrani/Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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A road closed barricade blocks a flooded street in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Numerous roads in Brunswick and New Hanover counties in southeastern North Carolina are impassable as a storm system that inundated South Carolina moves north. (Mike Spencer/The Star-News via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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Jordan Bennett, of Rock Hill, S.C., paddles up to a flooded store in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. The rainstorm drenching the U.S. East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina, cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing many roads because of floodwaters. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Family, union and company officials wait outside the Seafarer's International Union hall, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, in Jacksonville, Fla., as an intensive search resumed Sunday in the southeastern Bahamas for a U.S. cargo ship with 33 people on board. The ship has not been heard from since it lost power and was taking on water as it was battered in fierce seas churned up by Hurricane Joaquin. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)
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A woman walks down a flooded sidewalk toward an open convenience store in Charleston, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in South Carolina and ordered federal aid to bolster state and local efforts as flood warnings remained in effect for many parts of the East Coast through Sunday. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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The Doctors Without Borders trauma center is seen in flames, after explosions near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. (Doctors Without Borders via Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, listens as he gets the endorsement of former New Hampshire Sen. Gordon Humphrey, Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) ** FILE **
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Illustration on the increasingly dangerous international situation developing in Syria by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Sept. 16, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering as he says the state is preparing for a possible weekend rainstorm Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, in Trenton, N.J. Governors up and down the East Coast are warning residents to prepare for drenching storms as flooding killed one person Thursday in South Carolina. The rains could cause power outages and close roads in a region already walloped by rain. Hurricane Joaquin's approach could intensify the damage, but rain is forecast across the region regardless of the storm's path. Listening in the background are John Hoffman, left, acting Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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This NOAA satellite image taken Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at 9:45 AM EDT shows a cold front stretching from the Northeast into the central US. A long the front is a developing low pressure over New England. This is producing heavy rain and thunderstorms. Behind the storm system is an are of high pressure, producing clear skies for the Northern Plains. In the Caribbean region is Hurricane Joaquin. The storm is expected to start heading north and could possibly effect the east coast later in the week. (Weather Underground via AP)
