Photos of the animal recently circulated widely online, prompting a flurry of debate about whether the animal was a wolf or just a dog.

The Revilla Road slide came Sunday evening after heavy rains and initially trapped six vehicles with eight people inside, local officials said. Cleanup continued Monday.

Milton grew quickly into a Category 5 storm Monday morning and is forecast to make landfall in Florida midweek.

Eric and Louise McLeod have been visiting their cabin south of Aklavik, N.W.T., for 25 years. On their most recent trip, they saw something they never had before.