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A flooded home is seen along Lovers Lane, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Hollister, Calif. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Floodwaters surround a property Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Hollister, Calif. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Ted Zanella looks out from an all terrain vehicle along the flooded Lovers Lane Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Hollister, Calif. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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People sit inside a van at a flooded farm Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Hollister, Calif. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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A dog wades in the floodwaters on Lovers Lane Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Hollister, Calif. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Lorin Doeleman uses a kayak to check her flooded home on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Guerneville, Calif. She is moving her belongings to her Sacramento home. Forecasters said the brunt of a weather system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows just one eave of their home barely visible after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)

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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows the home of their neighbor after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)

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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows a door of their home after they dug themselves out after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)

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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows where snow has cascaded through a door of their home after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)

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Rudy Sales, center, stands in water from a king tide that flooded onto the Embarcadero in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada and surprising Portland with what forecasters said was its biggest snowfall since 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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A woman takes a photo of water from a king tide that flooded onto the Embarcadero in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada and surprising Portland with what forecasters said was its biggest snowfall since 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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A woman walks through water from a king tide that flooded onto the Embarcadero in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Forecasters said rain and snow would continue through Thursday, but the brunt of the system had passed after delivering the heaviest rain in a decade to parts Northern California and Nevada and surprising Portland with what forecasters said was its biggest snowfall since 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by the U.S. National Park Service a road blocked by snow in Crater Lake National Park as severe weather forced the southern Oregon park's closure. The park announced Tuesday that due to heavy snowfall combined with downed trees and an avalanche on Highway 62, the park would close until road crews could clear the area. (National Park Service via AP)

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People out for a stroll make their way south near the Newport Beach Pier past some beach erosion due to in part to the recent storms and the King tide early Tuesday morning, Jan. 10, 2017, in Newport Beach, Calif. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Victoria Huff of Costa Mesa works on her painting of a tree and lifeguard tower on the Balboa Peninsula near the Wedge as storm clouds begin to roll into Orange County, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Newport Beach, Calif. More rain is expected throughout the area on Wednesday. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP)

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Heavy, wet snow fell and rapidly accumulated at the intersection of 70th Avenue and Duke in SE Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

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Heavy, wet snow fell and rapidly accumulated at the intersection of 70th Avenue and Duke in SE Portland, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

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Heavy, wet snow fell and rapidly accumulated in SE Portland, Ore., Tuesday night, Jan. 10, 2017. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

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A worker from the Department of Water Resources opens one of the flood gates of the Sacramento Weir, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in West Sacramento, Calif. State officials opened the Sacramento Weir gates for the first time in more than a decade as stormy weather continues to lash Northern California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)