10 injured as landslide destroys homes in Norwegian village

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A landslide has smashed into a residential area near the Norwegian capital&comma; injuring at least 10 people&comma; leaving 21 unaccounted for and destroying several homes&comma; authorities said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some 700 people were evacuated amid fears of further landslides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Norwegian police were alerted at 4am local time to the slide in the village of Ask&comma; in the municipality of Gjerdrum&comma; some 20 kilometres &lpar;12 miles&rpar; north east of Oslo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The landslide cut across a road through Ask&comma; leaving a deep ravine that cars could not pass&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Video footage showed dramatic scenes&comma; including one house falling into the ravine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Photos showed at least eight homes destroyed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police spokesman Roger Pettersen told Norwegian media there were no reports of missing&comma; but officials could not rule out the possibility of people in collapsed buildings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said some 21 people registered to live in the area are unaccounted for&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The 21 people may have evacuated themselves but may also still be in the landslide area&comma;” Mr Pettersen told news agency NTB&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the injured was seriously hurt&comma; while nine had lighter injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Weather at the time was reported to be challenging&comma; with snow and full winter conditions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ask is home to some 5&comma;000 people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg tweeted&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It hurts to see how the forces of nature have ravaged Gjerdrum&period; My thoughts go to all those affected by the landslide&period; Now it is important that the emergency services get their job done&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a separate statement&comma; she called the disaster &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;probably one of the biggest landslides we have had&comma; and with the biggest consequences”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The area where Ask is located is known for having a lot of so-called quick clay&comma; a form of clay that can change from solid to liquid form&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There have been previous landslides reported there&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed121a1a633">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed121a1a633'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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