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FILE - This 2007 aerial file photo provided by United States Geological Survey, shows a view looking southeast along the surface trace of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain area of California. A study released Wednesday, May 14, 2014 by the journal Nature suggests excessive groundwater pumping for irrigation in California's agricultural belt can stress the San Andreas Fault, potentially creating future earthquakes. (AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey, Scott Haefner)
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Grant Road is damaged after a flood in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )
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Debris is piled up after a flood in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )
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A utility worker talks on the phone in front of a sidewalk that was damaged after a flood in Penn Yan, N.Y., on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Severe storms that dumped up to five inches of rain have forced evacuations and closed roads in the Finger Lakes region. Authorities tell local media that flash flooding forced some homes to be evacuated early Wednesday morning in the Yates County village of Penn Yan, on the northern end of Keuka Lake 45 miles southeast of Rochester. The National Weather Service says thunderstorms that began hitting the region late Tuesday night dumped about five inches of rain in four hours. (AP Photo/The Times, Spencer Tulis )
