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“It’s still a rescue operation,” said Roger Pettersen, chief of police operations.
Despite the cold, rescuers believe it is still possible to find people who have survived the disaster, he added.
In the town of Asko, 25 km northeast of the capital, Oslo, a landslide sank and the land collapsed on Wednesday morning. At least 10 people were injured after the landslide destroyed nine homes. More than 1,000 people were evacuated from the disaster site.
The leader of the medical team Halward Stave assured that the missing persons could survive in the air pockets that appeared in the collapsed buildings, so they “must be registered before the search operation ends.”
The seven victims of the landslide include a two-year-old girl and her 40-year-old father.
“We are continuing the rescue operation, which means we believe that the survivors can still be found,” Roger Pettersen, head of the search operation, told reporters.
After landslides washed away nine buildings, rescuers navigating the ruins mixed with dirt and snow have so far found the bodies of seven people. Among the victims are a two-year-old girl and her father.
“The cold, of course, does not facilitate our task,” said Halvard Stave, leader of the medical team, at a news conference Monday.
“As long as there are air pockets in the land masses where it may have been missing, it is possible that they survived,” Stave added.
Police have previously announced the names of 10 missing persons. Eight of them are adults, the other two are children aged two and 13. Among the missing was Rasa Lasinskienė, a 49-year-old Lithuanian citizen.
The landslide also affected 10 people and more than 1,000 were evacuated from Jerum municipality.
Searches resumed early Monday, with an overnight break to improve working conditions for the trained dogs.
The scene of the tragedy was visited on Sunday by the apparently emotional King Harald.
“I have a hard time finding the words because it is absolutely horrible,” she said after the visit. – This terrible event has affected us all. I sympathize with all of you as we start the new year with sadness and ignorance. “
Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who visited Aske on Wednesday, noted that this landslide was “one of the largest” in Norwegian history.
Locals lit candles near the scene of the tragedy.
The landslide occurred at the site of a floating clay in Norway and Sweden that could liquefy under strong external forces.
Still, the likelihood of another similar landslide in the region is slim, according to the Norwegian Water and Power Authority.
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