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If you’re visiting Alaska this year, you may get to experience a once-in-a-lifetime geologic event. A glacier in Denali National Park has started moving between 50 to 100 times faster than normal.
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Last month, a pilot flying over Denali a park home to the tallest mountain in the U.S. spotted unusual topography around Muldrow Glacier and took photos of the uneven landscape to send to a geologist friend. Using the pilot’s tip, the National Park Service confirmed that the glacier, which sits near Denali (previously known as Mt. McKinley), is experiencing what’s known as a glacial surge event.
white house tonight. cecilia, thanks, as always. we have new details tonight about the school bus driver involved in that fatal crash we reported on, on a new jersey highway. dmv records show that 77-year-old hudy muldrow had a valid license with no points, but that his license had been suspended 14 times since 1975. most for parking violations. law enforcement sources say muldrow may have been trying to make an illegal u-turn on i-80 when he collided with a dump truck. one student and one teacher were killed. there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. the tense police standoff. the images tonight. dozens of shots fired. police and firefighters ducking for cover. the gunman barricaded inside. we do have new details on this tonight. also, the case making national headlines, a lot of people talking about this. the parents who took their 30-year-old son to court to try to get him to move out of the house. he had refused to move out. what the judge has now d