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Search resumes for more slide victims

Two weeks after a deadly landslide swallowed homes in a small town northeast of Oslo, efforts were resuming this week to find the last...

Hopes ran out for finding survivors

A remarkable search and rescue effort mounted by the Norwegian police, military, geologists, health care workers and other experts "entered a new phase" Tuesday...

Royals meet slide survivors in grief

UPDATED: Norway's King Harald V, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon all traveled to Gjerdrum on Sunday, to meet with survivors of last week's...

Police confirm the first slide fatality

Emergency crews have found the first victim of this week's catastrophic landslide at Gjerdrum, north of Oslo, after search and rescue operations continued through...

Hydrologist warned of unstable ground

As more homes and buildings were lost on Thursday in a "catastrophic" landslide northeast of Oslo, questions were flying over why homebuilders were allowed...

‘Catastrophe’ ends already awful year

UPDATED: Around 1,500 people have had to be evacuated, nearly a dozen were injured and more are missing after a severe landslide devastated a...

More landslide danger looms

Geologists were warning that lots of melting snow and warmer temperatures may set off more landslides, also in the Alta area of Finnmark in...

More storms hammer Western Norway

Roads were closed and communities isolated in Western Norway on Monday, after snow followed by heavy rainstorms raised the threat of landslides. Stormy weather...

Rockslide shocks highway officials

A brand-new stretch of Norway's highly trafficked E18 highway around Larvik was hailed as the "project of the year" when it was completed just...

Landslide forces more evacuations

Residents of around 25 houses in Nittedal just north of Oslo don't know when they'll be able to return to their homes after a...
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