Weather

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Julian LePelch paddles his kayak past a flooded field at Tamalpais High School Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Mill Valley, Calif. One of the strongest rainstorms of the season hit the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, with a small town in the North Bay receiving nearly seven inches of rain over the last 24-hour period, forecasters said. Flash-flood warnings are in effect for southern Sonoma County and northern Marin County. LePelch is a student at the school. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Los Angeles Iron Worker Local 433 member Robert Gutierrez stands under the rain by his truck after it hydroplaned off the road Friday, Dec. 16, 2016, off Los Feliz Blvd in Los Angeles. Rockslides caused by drenching rains have forced closure of about 36 miles of Highway 1 on California's Central Coast. A late fall storm has drenched California, causing some mud flows, roadway flooding and traffic snarls as it takes parting shots at the south end of the state. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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A motorist checks the condition of an exit ramp before attempting to drive out of the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. An overnight storm brought several inches of snow, winds gusting to 50 mph and temperatures that felt as cold as 10 degrees below zero. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY DEC. 3 AND THEREAFTER - In a Nov. 25, 2016 photo, Boots sit at the end of the matte as Joe Carson rests at the cold weather shelter in Greeley, Colo. This shelter is the only one in Greeley without a waiting list. In the past few years, more people have needed a warm place to stay. Last year, there were nights when 27 people showed up needing somewhere to sleep. (Joshua Polson/The Greeley Tribune via AP)

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A sculpture of a Bison on the state Capitol grounds in Bismarck was covered in snow Tuesday, the second day of a winter storm in central North Dakota. (Associated Press)

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A sculpture of a Bison on the state Capitol grounds in Bismarck, N.D. is covered in snow, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, the second day of a winter storm in central North Dakota. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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Wendy Gable, with Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, throws wood onto a pile that was removed from a home that was heavily damaged by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Nichols, S.C., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Nearly a month since floodwaters consumed the town, few have returned. The fear is that many never will. A stew of contaminants stood inches to feet deep in homes for a week. As it receded, toxic black mold grew rampant, leaving nearly all of the town’s 261 homes uninhabitable. Few, if any, had flood insurance. (AP Photo/Mike Spencer)

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FILE - This black and white Nov. 5, 1996 file photo shows the square in front of the Basilica of Santa Croce after the banks of the River Arno overflowed and flooded the city. A Renaissance painting, Giorgio Vasari's “The Last Supper”, that was badly damaged in a 1966 flood in Florence, will be reinstalled in the basilica and unveiled to the public on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 after years of painstaking restoration. (AP Photo, files)

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FILE - This Oct. 17, 2016 file photo shows snow blanketing an area near Serene Lakes in Soda Springs, Calif. The U.S. Drought Monitor says a rainy fall has helped pull nearly one-fourth of California out of the state's five-year drought, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 1995, file photo, a wolf leaps across a road into the wilds of Central Idaho. Three of four wolves fitted with tracking collars in a central Idaho wilderness area last winter by Idaho officials, despite not having federal authorization to do, so are still alive heading into this winter. (AP Photo/Douglas Pizac, File)

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In this Oct. 28, 2016 photo, tourists walk along the waterfront near Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Fla. More than 1,000 historic buildings in St. Augustine were damaged by Hurricane Matthew's storm surge, even though the Spanish fortress and other well-known structures escaped serious damage. (AP Photo/Jason H. Dearen)

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In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 photo, Jesse Aubie drills a new drinking water well in Topsham, Vt. Despite recent rain and snow, much of Vermont is now in a drought and the state is asking residents to conserve water when possible and report shortages. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Gelene Jeudy, 16, pumps water from a contaminated well in Aux Coteaux, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Wells and piped networks that people depend on for clean water across the country’s southern peninsula were contaminated or damaged by a combination of ocean storm surge and sewage from the overflowing latrines that are commonly used in rural Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, children collect drinking water from a station set up by Swiss Humanitarian Aid, in Aux Coteaux, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Wells and piped networks that people depend on for clean water across the country's southern peninsula were contaminated or damaged by a combination of ocean storm surge and sewage from the overflowing latrines that are commonly used in rural Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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The 2018 Volkswagen Atlas is displayed at an unveiling event Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers - $38 million. (AP Photo)

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady - $44.1 million. (AP Photo)

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The western North Carolina mountains are seen from a lookout on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Areas of the western Carolinas are in severe to extreme drought, with officials worried about wildfires and wilting crops. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee is meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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In this Oct. 24, 2016 photo, piles of damaged furniture and building materials are piled in front of St. Francis House in St. Augustine, Fla. Hurricane Matthew inundated the house that serves as the area's only full time homeless shelter, putting dozens of people on the streets. The storm eliminated nearly a third of St. Johns County’s shelter capacity. (AP Photo/Jason H. Dearen)

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People unload food and water boated in from the "Mission of Hope" charity after Hurricane Matthew swept through Jeremie, Haiti, on Oct. 8. (Associated Press)