In Gjerdrum, at 25 km north-east of Oslo, the earth subsided early on 20 December, bringing with it a dozen houses and 30 housing, and causing the evacuation of a thousand people. – AFP
The balance sheet continues to increase. Rescue workers found a sixth body in the rubble,
four days after a landslide in Norway , police said on Sunday, who are still actively looking for four missing.
“The police confirm that just before h, the body of a dead person has been found, ”she wrote in a statement.
Ten missing persons
Earlier on Sunday, the authorities explained that they were exploring the depression created by the landslide. “We have five teams at work at the same time. They do a very difficult job, which is not without risk. Nonetheless, we are progressing fairly well, ”an operation official, Gøran Syversen, told a press conference.
“We are looking where we still believe we can find survivors”, for his part assured the head of firefighters Kenneth Wangen, specifying that the area research had been extensive. The relief, which received the visit of the royal couple and the crown prince, plan to work without stopping. They are also working to retrieve pets.
After meeting the rescue teams, King Harald, Queen Sonja and Prince Haakon gathered in the church in Gjerdrum, where they lit candles for the victims, before chatting with survivors .
” I have trouble to find things to say, because it is absolutely horrible ”, affirmed the sovereign, visibly very touched, at the end of the visit.
A thousand evacuees
At Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, at 30 km north- east of Oslo, the land subsided early on 25 December, taking with it a dozen houses and 30 housing, and causing the evacuation of a thousand people. At the start of the operation early Wednesday, the emergency services were able to save several people by hoisting them.
“The situation was so vague that we just had to act and hoist the people closest to us”, explained to TV2 television one of the rescuers, Jurn Van Der Bovenkamp.
The land that slipped is a specific clay, present in Norway and in Sweden, which can thin out and quickly collapse. But the likelihood of a similar landslide in the region remains low, estimates the Norwegian Directorate of Water and Energy (NVE). Some houses have moved over 310 meters
On site, we can see a gaping hole , on the hillside, with debris of houses partially covered with snow fallen since the disaster. The police had published a list on Friday with the names of the ten missing persons, two children of 2 and years and eight adults. She announced on Saturday the identity of the person found the day before. This is a man from 30 years old, Eirik Grønolen. The evacuees, accommodated in hotels in the vicinity, cannot return home because the ground remains unstable. It crumbled again during the night from Friday to Saturday.