“The weather is so bad that the Red Cross cannot pick up survivors or the dead,” says the mayor of Karlsöy municipality.
Several people have been killed in avalanches in Tromsø in northern Norway today, Friday, the police and Norwegian media reported.
Two people died under an avalanche in Reinöya, Karlsöy municipality, news agency NTB reported. of the VG website (you will switch to another service) according to this, in addition to this, one person would have fallen victim to an avalanche in Yykeä.
There had been at least two other avalanches in Tromsø, but they were not immediately known to have claimed victims.
– The weather is so bad that the Red Cross cannot pick up survivors or the dead. They are still in the avalanche zone. They will be lowered by helicopter, said the mayor of Karlsöy Mona Pedersen for NTB.
The rescue work has also been complicated by the fact that the avalanches had badly blocked the roads in the area and the rescuers could not get there.
– We rarely say this, but now there is no doubt that it is best to stay at home in our northernmost counties. Now is not the time for skiing, warned the representative of the Red Cross Kjersti Lövik.
Also listen to the episode of the Ristiretket podcast “I ran away from an avalanche!” (15/09/2021):