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Avalanche closes Parks Highway near Denali National Park
An avalanche has blocked mile 219 of the Parks Highway near Denali National Park, resulting in a full highway closure. Around ...
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Avalanche blocks Parks Highway near Cantwell
An avalanche closed the Parks Highway near Cantwell around 10 a.m. on Friday morning, dumping about six feet of snow and ...
Crews make progress clearing avalanche debris from Parks Highway north of Cantwell, with more closures planned
An avalanche Friday on the Parks Highway north of Cantwell prompted extended closures with limited traffic access through the weekend as crews worked to clear debris and mitigate hazards in the face ...
Avalanches: What causes innocent-looking snow slopes to collapse? A skiing physicist explains, with tips for surviving
A skier and physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies avalanches explains what happens in an avalanche and ...
LIVE UPDATES: High winds, heavy rain and snow prompt warnings and closures across Alaska
Back-to-back storms are delivering high winds, heavy rain, and snow to much of Alaska tonight through Sunday. There are ...
Trump order seeks to change the name of North America's tallest peak from Denali to Mount McKinley
President Donald Trump says he plans to rename North America’s tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley ...
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CDOT to double arsenal of mountainside avalanche blasters in war against highway-covering snow slides
“We’ve seen an increase in avalanches. We can infer there’s likely some climate change influence there,” Chapman said. A pattern over the past two years, where snow falls early in November ...
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Trump to again rename North America's tallest peak from Denali to McKinley
Obama changed the name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the traditions ... the mountain is dotted with glaciers and covered at the top with snow year-round, with powerful winds that make it difficult ...