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This NOAA satellite image, taken Aug. 6, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT, shows cloud cover ahead of a cold front that extends from the Lower Great Lakes to the Lower Mississippi Valley. (Associated Press/Weather Underground)

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A home burns during a large wildfire Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in Luther, Okla. A wildfire whipped by gusty, southerly winds swept through rural woodlands north and south of Oklahoma City on Friday, burning several homes as firefighters struggled to contain it in 113-degree heat. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Bryan Terry)

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A car sits in floodwaters in suburban Taipei, Taiwan, on Thursday. The slow-moving tropical strorm slammed into eastern Taiwan early Thursday, flooding farmlands, disrupting transportation and turning the capital of Taipei into a ghost town. (Associated Press)

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Massive waves break ahead of the arrival of the approaching Saola, a deadly storm, on the coast of Badoutze, northeastern Taiwan on Wednesday. Saola weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm by late afternoon on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Ryan Homes is building town homes and condominiums at the Villages at Dakota Crossing in the District, located on Fort Lincoln Drive Northeast. The homes have 1,200 to 2,218 finished square feet, with base prices from $289,990 to $424,990.

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Residents wait on the roof of a flooded building in Anju City, South Phyongan province, North Korea on Monday. Officials said 1,000 houses and buildings were destroyed and 5,683 acres of farmland were completely submerged in the city. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A large dust storm, or haboob, sweeps across downtown Phoenix on July 21, 2012. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This May 29, 2012, file photo shows actress Kristen Stewart and director Rupert Sanders attending the "Snow White and the Huntsman" screening in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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A portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin rests on a pile of debris at a flooded house in Krimsk, about 750 miles south of Moscow. Flooding killed more than 170 in southern Russia on July 6 and 7. The president is taking heat for a fumbled early warning. (Associated Press)

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A damaged car suffered by flood seen next to a flooded house in Krimsk, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) south of Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 8, 2012. The death toll from severe flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia has risen to at least 150. (AP Photo/Ignat Kozlov)

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Technicians Dallas Jackson (center) and Ryan Watt, of ServePro, work to repair water damage in the basement of Kelly Ann Gray’s home in the Bloomingdale neighborhood caused by flooding after a downpour last week. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)