After displacement of earth, a body is found in Norway | the Chronicle

A body was found this Friday in the same place where there was a displacement of earth two days ago, which caused the evacuation of a thousand people and the disappearance of ten others, in Ask, in the south from Norway.

Norwegian police said the body was found next to a housing complex. Meanwhile, the head of the police operation, Roy Alkvist, He declined to give details at a press conference on the gender or age of the deceased, nor has he confirmed whether he was among the ten missing. that rescue teams have been looking for since Wednesday.

By the displacement of lands, ten people have been hospitalized for minor problems, while ten others remain missing, including children. According to local media, heavy snowfall further complicates the search for people.

Land relocation

A mass of clay soil, 700 meters long and 300 meters wide, had washed away a total of 31 apartments, while all the ground had collapsed.

The authorities had to evacuate around 50 people from 14 houses north of the red zone, where the displacement occurred, which was recorded at 4 a.m. local time in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 50 kilometers south of Oslo.

There are days, about a thousand people had already left the danger zone and, although the authorities considered in advance that the zone was “unstable”, authorized the dispatch on the ground of a patrol composed of specialists sent by Sweden. In addition, and due to the fragility of the soil, the government has only been able to use helicopters and drones so far.

The authorities

“This terrible event shocked us all. I sympathize with those who enter the New Year with sadness and uncertainty, with those who have lost their homes and are now in despair ”, underlined the Rey harald from Norway.

In this sense, the monarch had already sent a message of support to those affected on the day of the tragic event, while the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, had qualified as “spectacular” what happened. “It was with great sadness that we received the news we dreaded. My thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one “, he claimed Solberg it is a statement.

A group of geologists and hydrologists warned municipal authorities in 2008 “Significant erosion problems” in the zone where the residential block that was affected by the landslide was built.

Meanwhile, the local church continues to house the victims and city officials have set up a crisis center. Many evacuees were accommodated in hotels in the region.