Major mud slide in Lyngen - no injuries
Altogether 16-17 homes were therefore evacuated immediately. The slide was 30 metres wide and 100 metres long, and also swept several smaller outbuildings, a number of parked cars and boats into the fjord. It also destroyed the main highway. An older man escaped to the top floor when his house was swept into sea, and was able to climb out the window and call for help before he was rescued by a neighbour in a row boat. The other house was not occupied at the time of the slide. Geologists are now on the site to examine the possibility of further slides in te area. (NRK/Aftenposten)
Saturday, 04 September 2010 06:59
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