The Norwegian small town of Ask woke up early Wednesday morning from a landslide that left 10 injured and 21 untouched.
The landslide struck around 4am, forcing 700 people to evacuate for fear of further landslides. The 21 people who were not reported could have evacuated, or they could still be in buildings in the area, Roger Pettersen, police spokesman, told local media on Wednesday.
A massive landslide hit the small Norwegian town of Ask on Wednesday morning around 4am, leaving ten people injured and nearly two dozen untouched. (Fredrik Hagen / NTB via AP)
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Photos and videos of the aftermath show buildings that fell into a ravine that created the landslide.
“What I saw were several houses collapsing and a few cars down there,” Jenny Mikkelsen, a resident of Ask, who lives next to the landslide, told Norwegian news agency NRK. “It was absolutely awful to look at. Everything was on top of each other, it was hard to see what was going on. Everything just collapsed into a huge mass.
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Ask, with about 5,000 inhabitants, is 20 km southeast of the Norwegian capital Oslo.
“It hurts to see how the forces of nature have plagued Gjerdrum,” the Norwegian prime minister said. Erna Solberg tweeted Wednesday. “My thoughts are with all those affected by the landslide. It is now important that the emergency services do their job.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.