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Ten people were injured, one seriously and 21 missing after a landslide in southern Norway damaged at least 12 buildings.
Hundreds of people were evacuated after the landslide that occurred early Wednesday in the Norwegian town of Gjerdrum. Many houses are destroyed and access to the affected area has been prohibited. Teams of rescuers intervene in the place, it is not yet known if there are deaths.
UPDATE 17:00 Ten people were injured, one seriously and 21 missing, local police said, according to Reuters.
The landslide occurred in a residential area of Gjerdrum, about 30 kilometers north of the capital, Oslo. In the photos taken at the site, you can see a large crater, with buildings destroyed at the base and others hanging on its edges.
So far, about 700 people have been evacuated from the area, police said.
The disappeared lived in houses in the center of the area where the landslide occurred, but at the moment it is not known if they were trapped under the rubble, had left when the disaster occurred or managed to escape, police said.
“Many people are missing. It is a great catastrophe,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg told reporters at the scene of the tragedy.
The area remains unstable at the moment, and at the moment can only be reached by helicopter, said Roger Pettersen, the head of police intervention.
Southern Norway has experienced heavy rains in recent days, which could have caused the predominant clay soil to slide into the area, NRK reported.
Initial novelty:
The landslide alarm in the town of Gjerdrum in Romerike went off on Wednesday morning at 04:00 local time. The landslide occurred south of downtown Ask, west of National Highway 120.
According to information provided by local authorities on social networks, hundreds of people were evacuated after major landslides occurred in the area where they were.
The information is constantly changing and there is talk of several people injured and houses destroyed. About 500 people were evacuated, including residents of a nursing home. The evacuees are staying at a hotel in a nearby town.
Numerous teams from the army, police, Red Cross and volunteers are involved in the scene. People receive care on the spot and are then transported to hospitals in the region.
Police describe the incident as a disaster, said Police Chief Roger Pettersen, quoted by nrk.no.
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