In Gjerdrum, 25 km north-east of Oslo, the land subsided early on December 30, taking with it ten houses and 31 dwellings, and causing the evacuation of a thousand people.
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The toll continues to grow heavier.
Helpers found a sixth body in the rubble, four days after a landslide in Norway, police said on Sunday, who are still actively searching for four missing.
"Police confirm that just before 1:00 p.m., the body of a dead person was found," she wrote in a statement.
Ten missing persons
Earlier on Sunday, the authorities explained that they were exploring the depression created by the landslide.
“We have five teams at work at the same time.
They do very difficult work, which is not without risk.
Nevertheless, we are progressing fairly well, ”said operation manager Gøran Syversen at a press conference.
"We are looking where we still believe we can find survivors," for his part assured the head of firefighters Kenneth Wangen, specifying that the search area had been extended.
The relief, which received the visit of the royal couple and the crown prince, plan to work without stopping.
They are also busy collecting pets.
After meeting the rescue teams, King Harald, Queen Sonja and Prince Haakon gathered in the church in Gjerdrum, where they lit candles for the victims, before chatting with survivors.
"I find it difficult to find things to say, because it is absolutely horrible", affirmed the sovereign, visibly very touched, at the end of the visit.
A thousand evacuees
In Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 25 km northeast of Oslo, the earth subsided early on December 30, taking with it ten houses and 31 dwellings, and causing the evacuation of a thousand people.
At the start of the operation early Wednesday, the emergency services had been able to save several people by hoisting them.
"The situation was so blurry that we just had to act and hoist the people closest to us," one of the rescuers, Jurn Van Der Bovenkamp, told TV2 television.
The earth that has slipped is a specific clay, present in Norway and Sweden, which can fluidize and collapse quickly.
But the probability of a similar landslide in the region remains low, estimates the Norwegian Directorate of Water and Energy (NVE).
Some houses have moved for 400 meters.
On site, we can see a gaping hole, on the hillside, with debris of houses partially covered with snow that fell since the disaster.
Police released a list on Friday with the names of ten missing people, two children aged 2 and 13 and eight adults.
She announced on Saturday the identity of the person found the day before.
This is a 31-year-old man, Eirik Grønolen.
The evacuees, accommodated in hotels in the vicinity, cannot return to their homes because the ground remains unstable.
It crumbled again during the night from Friday to Saturday.
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