A new landslide occurred in Lyngen on Thursday afternoon. Just before 15.30, the police report that three people have been found dead.
The landslide has occurred in Beritlia.
«Large resources in turn on landslides in Lyngen. According to reports, three people have been taken by the avalanche. The air ambulance has now landed and a doctor has declared three people dead. There must have been nine people in the tour group » reports the police.
Three people must have been taken. One in the tour group must have notified the emergency services about the landslide, says rescue leader Tore Hongset at the Main Rescue Center in northern Norway.
– Air ambulance from Tromsø and Harstad is on its way. We have also asked the Armed Forces for help. We have also asked volunteers for assistance, Hongset told Nordlys just before 3 pm.
Ambulance helicopter from UNN is on its way. The police helicopter took off from Tromsø around 15.20.
Also on Wednesday, two people were taken by landslides in Lyngen. This happened further south, in Lyngsdalen. A group of seven people were in the mountains north of Furuflaten when several of them were taken by a landslide at an altitude of 1200 meters. Two of them had to be assisted to get out of the avalanche, but all escaped without physical injuries. This is stated in a report from Lyngen Red Cross.
Goalsevarri / Kavringtiden is a popular summit mountain that is reached from Lyngseidet. The peak is at 1289 meters above sea level.
On Tuesday, the avalanche service Regobs registered an observation that warns of the avalanche danger in Lyngen. The observation states:
Fresh snow and wind from the north increase the load on weak layers in sheltered areas, primarily in the southern sector. Natural flake landslides on layers of edge grain are possible and small natural loose snow landslides in many steep slopes are guaranteed / highly probable.
The case is being updated
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