The highly pathogenic influenza that just claimed its first known polar bear victim continues to circulate in the world’s wild populations.

Heavy rain caused serious flooding across the region on Friday, leading Gov. Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency as rising waters disrupted travel and stranded people in cars and homes.

The slump is so close to the Alaska Highway, the Yukon government is moving the road, creating a new section that will help protect the only year-round road linking parts of the Yukon, and the U.S. state of Alaska, to the rest of the continent. 

An ash cloud from Shishaldin reached an initial height of 45,000 feet, but the height is decreasing.