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Landslide in Norway - 150 people evacuated

Mohit Joshi 2 May 2008

Oslo - Some 150 people were evacuated early Friday after a landslide hit a small community in Gudbrandsdalen, some 350 kilometres north-west of Norway's capital Oslo, officials said.

Two buildings were swept away by the landslide but no-one was injured, police told Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

A section of the E6 highway was also closed off by the landslide that was estimated to be 50 metres wide and 300 metres long.

As a precaution, police and emergency services evacuated some 50 nearby houses in Otta.

Police said several other minor landslides had occurred in recent days. The ground was soaked after heavy rains. (dpa)

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