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Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, center, listens to a presentation during a two-day Task Force meeting on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. Governors, mayors and other local government officials are in Des Moines to discuss the impact of changing weather patterns and the effect on food production, health, and ability to prepare for flooding and drought. (AP Photo)
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Adam Wright, of MidAmerican Energy, speaks during a two-day Task Force meeting on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. Governors, mayors and other local government officials are in Des Moines to discuss the impact of changing weather patterns and the effect on food production, health, and ability to prepare for flooding and drought. (AP Photo)
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Jerry Schnoor, of the University of Iowa, speaks during a two-day Task Force meeting on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. Governors, mayors and other local government officials are in Des Moines to discuss the impact of changing weather patterns and the effect on food production, health, and ability to prepare for flooding and drought. (AP Photo)
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Firefighters and Consumers Energy workers investigate a one-story home that exploded Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Flint. Authorities say a suspected natural gas explosion leveled a vacant Flint house, damaging nearby homes and injuring some people nearby. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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A Consumers Enery worker uses a flashlight to navigate through debris in the street after a one-story home exploded Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Flint. Authorities say a suspected natural gas explosion leveled a vacant Flint house, damaging nearby homes and injuring some people nearby. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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A team of Consumers Energy workers investigate the scene of a house explosion Tuesday, May 13, 2014 in Flint. Authorities say a suspected natural gas explosion leveled a vacant Flint house, damaging nearby homes and injuring some people nearby. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
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Two miners look around after being rescued hours after an explosion and fire at a coal mine killed at least 17 miners and left up to 300 workers trapped underground, in Soma, in western Turkey, late Tuesday, May 13, 2014, a Turkish official said. The death toll was expected to rise. (AP Photo)
