At least nine people were injured and nearly 200 evacuated on Wednesday (December 29th) after an overnight landslide in a small town north of Oslo, Norwegian police and media said.
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Several houses were washed away early Wednesday in Gjerdrum, a town of 5,000 inhabitants 25 kilometers northeast of the capital.
“
Several houses were washed away by the landslide.
The emergency services, with the assistance of the Norwegian civil defense and the army, are carrying out evacuations,
”police said on Twitter.
Some 200 people were evacuated and nine were injured, but none are in critical condition, Norwegian media said.
Residents called the emergency services reporting that their entire house was moving, the head of emergency operations Roger Pettersen told NRK television, deeming the situation "
serious
".
“
It pains us to see how the forces of nature have ravaged Gjerdrum.
My thoughts are with all those affected by the landslide,
”Prime Minister Erna Solberg reacted on social media.
