More and more deaths after landslides in Norway «kleinezeitung.at



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In the Ask landslide in Gjerdrum municipality on Wednesday morning, an entire hill collapsed, a dozen houses and 31 apartments collapsed.

10.59 am, January 3, 2021

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Four days after one Landslide in Norway let rescue workers one fifth death recovered. As police announced on Sunday, the search for five missing persons continues. Norway King Harald V, his wife Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon will be visiting the crash site on Sunday Ask, about 25 kilometers northeast of the capital Oslo, expected.

On the landslide at Ask in the community Gjerdrum An entire hill was pocketed Wednesday morning. a dozen houses and 31 apartments collapsed. The soil in the area is made up of a special clay that is common in Norway and Sweden and can liquefy quickly. The probability of a similar landslide in the area is noisy Norwegian Water and Energy Administration (NVE) however small.

The competent authority declared a The area totaling around 280,000 square meters has started to slide. Some houses were displaced 400 meters. Ten people were injured, one of them seriously. Approximately 1000 residents were brought to safety.

Police had released a list of the names of the missing on Friday, including two children of two and 13 years old. One of the dead is a 31-year-old man. Police did not initially release information about the identity of the other victims.


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