‘A catastrophe’: 15 missing and 10 injured in Norway after landslide sweeps away dozens of houses Kate Ng © Provided by The Independent
A huge landslide in southern Norway has swept away more than a dozen buildings in the early hours of the morning, leaving 10 people injured and 15 unaccounted for.
Houses were buried under the dark mud as the landslide struck a residential area in the municipality of Gjerdrum, around 19 miles north of Oslo.
Some 700 people had been evacuated from the area, said police. According to reports, at least one person has been seriously injured.
Prime minister Erna Solberg told reporters that the incident was “a catastrophe” after she visited the site, adding: “There could be people trapped… but at the same time we can’t be sure because it is the New Year’s holiday, which means people could be elsewhere.”
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Norway Landslide Buries Homes, 11 Missing
12/30/20 AT 8:08 PM
A major landslide destroyed homes overnight in a village in Norway close to the capital Oslo, leaving at least 11 people unaccounted for and 10 injured, police and local media said Wednesday.
Video footage from the scene showed a whole hillside had collapsed in Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 25 kilometres (15 miles) northeast of the capital. Homes were left crushed and buried in dark mud.
Snow fell throughout the morning as the emergency services evacuated the injured and attempted to secure those homes still standing. Some houses had been left teetering on the edge of the crater left behind by the slide, with a few falling over the edge as the day went on.