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The intervention teams discovered a fifth body, four days after a landslide in Norway, announced this Sunday the police, who continue the search for five more missing people, reports AFP.
“Shortly before 6 am, the body of a deceased person was discovered,” police said in a short press release.
In Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 25 kilometers northeast of Oslo, a landslide occurred on the morning of December 30, burying more than ten houses and 31 buildings and leading to the evacuation of about 1,000 people. according to Agerpres.
The landslide has a clay composition, specific to Norway and Sweden, which can become fluid and easily collapse, but the probability of a similar phenomenon in the region remains low, estimates the Norwegian Directorate for Water and Energy (NVE).
Some of the houses traveled a distance of up to 400 meters.
At the scene of the incident, a huge crater can be seen on the side of a hill, covered by the remains of houses and the snow that fell after the incident.
King Harald, his wife Sonja, and their son, Crown Prince Haakon, arrived on the scene late in the morning.
Police on Friday released a list of 10 missing people, two children ages 2 and 13 and eight adults.
Authorities announced the identity of the person discovered the day before on Saturday. This is a 31-year-old man, Eirik Gronolen.
Evacuated residents, staying in hotels in the region, cannot return to their homes because the terrain is still unstable.
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