© Anders Bjordal /NVEEight houses were swept into the sea by the powerful landslide in northern Norway
So far there are no reports of anyone dying or being injured by the 800m long, 40m high landslide, although a dog appears to have been swept away.
"A dog that was taken by the slide and swept into the sea rescued itself, swam ashore and is alive," Torfinn Halvari, from the local Finnmark police told Norway's NTB newswire on Wednesday evening.
"We still have on-site crews working to assess landslide security or the danger of new landslides," he added. "We cannot say with any certainty that no one has been taken by it."
Just now in Alta, Norway: Huge mudslide dragging several houses into the sea. pic.twitter.com/xR4t5zLI7m
— Jan Fredrik Drabløs (@JanFredrikD) June 3, 2020
Reader Comments
We had our own crazy catastrophee here in Québec in 1996.
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Nonetheless, I'm fairly confident the following happened plenty:
Cars caught at some stop light where, in the back were feeling the tsunami on their asses and probably honking like crazy. Meanwhile, the 'follow the rules' authoritarian-follower idiots are sitting at the light...ARGH!
R.C.