Why a big landslide in Norway makes the residents happy

The people in the Norwegian municipality Rauma have fallen stones of the heart: After five years of waiting, a part of the mountain Mannen finally slipped on the night of Friday. Mayor Lars Olav Hustad cried with relief. "Now we have the dirt down!", He told the Norwegian TV station NRK.

The disposal of an estimated 50,000 cubic meters of rock had long been expected. Over the past five years, some residents have had to leave their homes at the foot of the man's house up to 16 times. Again and again the highest alert level was called. But nothing ever happened. Also, the introduction of water into the fractures could not trigger the departure.

A victory dance in the village square

Now heavy rain has settled the matter. Also on the day after the landslide, there was a geologist, according to movement on man. But most of the rock was down, everything looks stable. About damage is not yet known.

"When I think of all those people who have been evacuated so many times - now they can finally return to their house without the risk of having to get out and in," Mayor Hustad said.

Gunn Walstad Sogge, one of the affected residents, told the NRK that she had performed a victory dance in the village square: "We are so incredibly happy."