Information from 16:00. 700 evacuated after landslides: - 15 people were not found, 11 people were injured, including one severe. Evacuation may affect up to 1500 people
30.12 18:40 wanted is 12 people
31.12 15:00
- Ten people still not found, and ten people were injured, including one seriously.
- In total, the avalanche occupied 31 apartments, spread over nine buildings. So far, 1000 people have been evacuated.
02.02.2021
3 were found and recovered fatalities two of these people were in the same building
03.01.2021
So far five people were found dead, one on Friday, three on Saturday and one on Sunday morning.
14.30 Sunday. out of 10 people declared missing, unfortunately 6 of them are people found and recovered dead.
03.01.2021 20:00
The seventh person stayed found dead in Gjerdrum. Still missing three people.
THE ROYAL COUPLE VISITED THE SURVIVORS
On Sunday, the royal couple visited the survivors and emergency services at the evacuation hotels and at the accident site in Gjerdrum.
– It hurts, but at the same time I am grateful for the work that the rescue teams did, he says King Harald.
- They are strong people with strong stories. It gives hope, says Queen Sonja.
GJERDRUM: There was a sudden landslide in Gjerdrum on Wednesday morning. Several houses disappeared from the surface ground along with the area on which they stood. Some houses protrude partially and hang over the cliff that was created as a result of this disaster. Several people were injured and 15 people have not yet been found.
– Three new houses collapsed
Landslides claimed three houses on Wednesday morning and there is a danger that more houses will share their fate.
- Three houses have been engulfed by an avalanche recently, but people were fortunately evacuated. Probably several houses will suffer the same fate as they are located on the edge of a cliff.
When darkness fell over Gjerdrum, rescue operation still in progress.
It got dark and the search for survivors is still ongoing. The entire danger zone is searched. "The crews are on the roofs looking."
Landslide in Gjerdrum The tragedy of the inhabitants. Inspection was carried out in two houses
Police previously claimed that it was not possible to conduct a ground-crew inspection in the red zone, which is the most-affected landslide area.
However, the fire brigade managed to search two domy in this zone.
– Crews fire brigade managed to get to two houses in the most affected area with the help of Sea King. They checked the houses as thoroughly as possible, nothing or anyone was found.
The NVE (Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) states that the landslide continues.
- The landslide continues. We have no control over how far the landslide goes before it stops. This is one of the largest sudden clay landslides in recent times, says Torhild Hofshagen, NVE's regional manager.
NVE estimates the landslide to be 300 x 700 m, but the point of exit is even larger.
"There is also a danger of more houses collapsing," says Hofshagen.
Police say that landslides are made of clay.
"It's a clay mass that is dangerous and unpredictable about how it will behave," says task leader Pettersen.
Norway-Landslide in Gjerdrum. Hospital on standby
Hospital in Lillehammer called in additional staff.
All hospitals in the hinterland are on standby.
Ahus - We mobilize a large number of employees who are ready for the emergency and receive people at the operating tables - says Øystein Mæland, CEO of Ahus.
At first he did the same University Hospital in Oslo (OUS), but emergency preparedness was reduced to normal levels around 16 p.m.
