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Construction is underway at The Isles at Oasis & Vineyards on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Homestead has been a laggard in the real estate recovery, battered by the double whammy of overbuilding and a trend toward closer-in living. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Al Diaz)
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Construction at The Isles at Oasis & Vineyards on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Homestead has been a laggard in the real estate recovery, battered by the double whammy of overbuilding and a trend toward closer-in living. (AP Photo/The Miami Herald, Al Diaz)
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A man takes pictures of the flooding damage 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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Water flows along the side of the Route 14A after a 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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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, heavy smoke is seen from the Signal Fire in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, heavy smoke is seen from the Signal Fire in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, a U.S. Forest Service spotter plane surveys the Signal Fire in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, heavy smoke is seen from the Signal Fire in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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In this Sunday, May 11, 2014 photo, flames are seen just east of Signal Peak in the Gila National Forest, just north of Silver City, N.M. A sortie of air tankers and helicopters took advantage of a break in the windy weather Monday to drop water and fire retardant on New Mexico's first major wildfire of the season. (AP Photo/Silver City Daily Press, Dean Thompson)
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Smoke rises as firefighters work in the brush as two fire fighting helicopters pass each other above one of the colossal homes of Fairbanks Ranch where a wild fire threatened homes Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in San Diego. (Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California’s drought, prompting evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes on the outskirts of San Diego and another 1,200 homes and businesses in Santa Barbara County 250 miles to the north. (AP Photo)
