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The Souris River passes near a home Tuesday, June 21, 2011, in Minot, N.D. About 11,000 Minot residents are being ordered to leave their homes even earlier than expected this week as the river gets closer to swamping the North Dakota city with the worst flooding in four decades, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/ The Forum, Teri Finneman) (AP)

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Two men on a motorcycle are stuck in floodwaters in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Saturday June 18, 2011. Flooding from this month's seasonal rains has already forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and left more than 170 dead or missing. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT (AP)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, June 14, 2011, a puppy looks out of its cage at a shelter in Joplin, Mo. More than three weeks after an EF5 tornado ripped through Joplin, nearly 900 dogs and cats remain sheltered at the Humane Society, most of them unlikely to ever be reunited with their owners. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

Jim Salter, Alan Scher Zagier
The sun sets behind smoke from the Wallow fire Tuesday, June 14, 2011 in Luna, N.M. The focus of the battle against the massive wildfire burning in eastern Arizona was on New Mexico as crews continued to light fires around the town of Luna to stop the flames. (AP Photo/Matt York) (AP)

Bob Christie, Susan Montoya Bryan
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A photographer looks at smoke from a burnout fire as firefighters battle the Wallow Fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz., Sunday, June 12, 2011. Roughly 7,000 residents of two eastern Arizona towns evacuated last week as a wildfire loomed nearby were allowed to return home Sunday as officials expressed confidence that they were making progress in their battle against the huge blaze that has been burning since May. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

Brian Skoloff, Bob Christie
An aerial view of a ruptured levee near Hamburg, Iowa, Monday, June 13, 2011, which was letting in water from the Missouri river. The rising Missouri River has ruptured two levees in northwest Missouri, sending torrents of floodwaters over rural farmland toward the Iowa town of Hamburg and the Missouri resort town of Big Lake. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) (AP)

Grant Schulte, Josh Funk
A photographer looks at smoke from a burnout fire as firefighters battle the Wallow Fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz., Sunday, June 12, 2011. Roughly 7,000 residents of two eastern Arizona towns evacuated last week as a wildfire loomed nearby were allowed to return home Sunday as officials expressed confidence that they were making progress in their battle against the huge blaze that has been burning since May. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

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A Wendy's restaurant is surrounded by a temporary berm Monday June 6, 2011 in Hamburg, Iowa. The southwest Iowa town is under a mandatory evacuation order as the Missouri River continues to rise. (Photo/Dave Weaver) (AP)

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A forest burns during a backburn operation to fight the Wallow Fire in Nutrioso, Ariz., Friday, June 10, 2011. A massive wildfire in eastern Arizona that has claimed more than 30 homes and forced nearly than 10,000 people to evacuate is likely to spread into New Mexico soon, threatening more towns and possibly endangering two major power lines that bring electricity from Arizona to West Texas.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (AP)

Brian Skoloff, Susan Montoya Bryan
Members of the media watch the Wallow Fire from a ridge outside of Eagar, Ariz., Wednesday, June 8, 2011. A raging forest fire in eastern Arizona has scorched an area the size of Phoenix, threatening thousands of residents and emptying towns as the flames race toward New Mexico. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) (AP)

Bob Christie, Susan Montoya Bryan
A tree burns during the Wallow fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Springerville, Ariz., Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Officials say the blaze has already burned 486 square miles and winds have been driving the flames 5 to 8 miles a day since the fire began a week ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

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Firefighter Rigoberto Torres, of Orange Cove, Calif., walks along the road while watching a flame during the Wallow fire in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Springerville, Ariz., Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Officials say the blaze has already burned 486 square miles and winds have been driving the flames 5 to 8 miles a day since the fire began a week ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) (AP)

Bob Christie, Susan Montoya Bryan
Volcanic lightning is seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011. Authorities have evacuated about 600 people in the nearby area. The volcano was calm on Sunday, one day after raining down ash and forcing thousands to flee, although the cloud of soot it had belched out still darkened skies as far away as Argentina. (AP Photo/Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno) CHILE OUT, NO PUBLICAR EN CHILE, NO SALES (Ap, Francisco Negroni, Agenciauno)

Emma Mustich
Water from the Mississippi River, left, is seen from the air as it is diverted through the floodgates of the Bonnet Carre Spillway towards Lake Pontchartrain (not pictured) in Norco, La., just upriver from New Orleans, Friday, June 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (AP)

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Bricks and debris that fell from a building lay on top of cars after a report of a tornado in Springfield, Mass., Wednesday, June 1, 2011. An apparent tornado struck downtown Springfield, one of Massachusetts' largest cities, scattering debris, toppling trees, and frightening workers and residents. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) (AP)

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FILE -In this Dec. 15, 2005 file photo, the moon rises over FEMA trailers and damaged homes in St. Bernard Parish, La. Nearly six years have passed since Hurricane Katrina drowned this city in misery, but many residents haven't forgiven the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its sluggish response to the storm. Now another delayed reaction by FEMA _ a stop-and-start push to recoup millions of dollars in disaster aid _ is reminding storm victims why they often cursed the agency's name.( AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) (AP)

Michael Kunzelman, Ryan J. Foley
President Barack Obama walks with Col. Lee dePalo, Vice Commander of the 11th Wing, towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Sunday, May 29, 2011, on his way to visit tornado victims in Joplin, Mo. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) (AP)

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President Barack Obama arrives at the White House, Saturday, May 28, 2011, in Washington, from a six-day, four-nation trip across Europe. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

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A flag files at half staff over devastated Joplin High School next to a portable tornado siren in Joplin, Mo. Thursday, May 26, 2011. An EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 125 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

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Mary Elizabeth Williams
Storm clouds pass over the devastated Greenbriar Nursing Home in Joplin, Mo. Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Eleven residents of the facility died when an EF-5 tornado tore through much of the city Sunday, damaging a hospital and hundreds of homes and businesses and killing at least 122 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (AP)

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