Rescuers responded on Thursday, December 30, 2020 to a quick clay landslide in the Village of Ask within Gjerdum municipality in Norway. At least two persons were killed in the landslide. The slide measured 2300 feet by 984 feet (700m by 300m). The collapse injured at least 10 people with one seriously injured. Initially, more than 10 people were reported missing. Several homes were destroyed, 1000 people were evacuated from the affected area near the village, which been designated a disaster.
Two bodies have been recovered but searchers are still looking for eight more people believed to be missing. The landslide in the village of Ask is the worst in modern Norwegian history and has shocked citizens in the Nordic nation. https://t.co/OCO2FbMp1I
— NewsNation Now (@NewsNationNow) January 2, 2021
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Several missing after devastating landslide as hundreds of homes evacuated https://t.co/i1ywbDZVXR
— 360MediaX (@360mediaX) January 2, 2021
A landslide in a Norwegian village has buried homes under dark mud, injuring 10 people – one seriously – and leaving more than 10 missing. https://t.co/PfLYbH4A7c
— 360MediaX (@360mediaX) January 2, 2021
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Another 10 people were injured, one critically, after the landslide in the village of Ask in the Gjerdrum municipality, north of the capital, Oslo. https://t.co/s9eQ5xs21W
— CBC News (@CBCNews) December 31, 2020
Landslide engulfs sleeping Norwegian village, creating a 300 by 700 meters craterhttps://t.co/OAfvrR8D72
— RT (@RT_com) December 31, 2020
