One person missing after landslide tears crater in Norwegian highway

Oslo [Norway], August 31: Norwegian emergency services were on Saturday searching for a missing person following a large landslide north of Trondheim.
In the morning, a large crater suddenly appeared on the E6 highway and the parallel train line. Pictures show that some of the earth slid into the adjacent Lake Nesvatnet.
According to the NTB news agency, two houses were evacuated and at least one car ended up in the water. Another person who was travelling in the car and was caught up in the landslide was able to free themselves and was taken to a hospital.
The cause of the landslide is still unclear, a spokesperson told Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).
Police confirmed that one Danish worker is still missing presumed dead after being caught in the landslide.
Another person survived after their vehicle was swept into water and was treated at a local hospital. Authorities stressed that their immediate priority has been the search and rescue operation and the safety of residents in what a police spokesperson described as a "very unstable" area.
The E6 is not just another highway. Stretching more than 1,600 miles from southern Sweden to Norway's far north at Kirkenes, it is the country's most important north-south road.
In Levanger, around 50 miles north of Trondheim, the highway carries an average of 8,400 vehicles every day, linking commuters, long-distance travellers, and freight operators.
For now, that vital artery has been cut. "This is a dramatic situation for transport through the region, and it will affect many, both businesses and private individuals," Levanger's mayor Anita Ravlo Sand said in a statement.
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