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Dozens are missing and at least nine people have been injured in a massive night-time landslide in a Norwegian town.
Homes were buried under a 2,000ft-long slick of mud at 4am in the village of Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 12 miles north of Oslo.
Photos show at least eight homes were swept away in the area, which was home to around 5,000 people, and geologists have blamed a layer of unstable quick clay beneath the topsoil.
Formed after the end of the last ice age, quick clay is found in Sweden, Norway and other Arctic countries, and can totally collapse and float like a liquid when too much weight is piled on it.
Norway Says Scores Missing, Hundreds Evacuated After Clay Landslide Strikes Village Named Ask
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Norway landslide buries homes, leaves dozens missing
2020-12-31 HKT 00:08 Share this story
Red Cross rescue workers prepare for assistance at the site of a landslide in Ask village. Photo: Reuters A major landslide destroyed homes during the night in a village in Norway close to the capital Oslo, leaving more than 20 people missing and 10 injured, police and local media said on Wednesday.
Video footage from the scene showed a whole hillside had collapsed in Ask in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 25 kilometres northeast of the capital, leaving homes crushed and buried in dark mud.
Snow fell throughout the morning as the emergency services evacuated the injured and attempted to secure still standing homes, some of which were teetering on the edge of the crater left behind by the slide.
Landslide in Norway leaves 10 injured, more than 20 missing
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