Tag: slides
Still no sign of men missing in landslide
The grim work continued on Monday to search for the bodies of three men from Lithuania who were clearing a forest at Sørum, northeast of...
Authorities ease ‘red alert’ in Romsdal
After a full week on "red alert" because of fears a mountain in Romsdal would collapse into the valley below, Norwegian authorities lowered their...
Mountain sets off a new ‘red alert’
The Norwegian mountain known as "Mannen" was once again threatening to crash down into the valley below it on Tuesday, prompting state officials to...
Mountain highway reopened Saturday
UPDATED: Geologists gave Norway's state highway department a green light to start clearing the E16 highway between Voss and Gudvangen on Thursday, and it reopened on...
Rockslide closes main mountain highway
One of Norway's most heavily trafficked highways over the mountains between Oslo and Bergen had to be closed between Voss and Gudvangen late Tuesday,...
E16 reopened, new highway planned
State emergency road crews managed to reopen a key portion of Norway's E16 highway on Sunday afternoon, less than a week after it was buried by...
Huge landslide blocks mountain highway
UPDATED: A major rock- and landslide crashed down a mountainside near Voss Wednesday morning, blocking the main E16 highway between Oslo and Bergen. It's likely...
Mountain set off red alerts again
UPDATED: It was another tense weekend for residents living under the mountain formation known as "Mannen" in the central Norwegian county of Møre og...
Mountain never fell, media blamed for drama
Geologists who predicted that a mountainside in central Norway would crash down on the valley below withdrew their warnings this week, and local officials...
Residents wait for mountain to fall
After being on alert for weeks, if not months, the now-evacuated residents of a deep valley in Norway's mountainous area of Romsdal were literally waiting...
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