There has been a snow and slush avalanche on national highway 7 between Eidfjord and Hardangerbroen on Saturday afternoon. The road is closed. – If someone is standing in a queue here waiting for the road to open, they have to get away!, writes Vegtrafikksentralen on X. There is an imminent danger of more avalanches, according to the Norwegian Road Administration. Many roads are now closed due to landslides, avalanches or the risk of landslides. Several roads have also been closed due to this, but have been reopened. On Saturday at 16.30, the Swedish Road Traffic Center said that there were 14 closed roads in Vestland county. Since then, there have been at least three more landslides. – Now it’s busy. There is a lot of water, rock and ice that comes down and flows out over the road in the entire county, said traffic operator Andreas Egenæs Herland to news earlier Saturday. More landslides in Ullensvang On Saturday, there were also several landslides in the neighboring municipality of Eidfjord, Ullensvang. There has been a landslide at Måge, between Odda and Utne, on county road 550. The road is closed as a result. There has also been a landslide which closes highway 13 Byrkjeneset between Odda and Tyssedal. An excavator was taken from a landslide at Nå in Ullensvang on Saturday afternoon. The driver is “okay”, according to the police. There is still a landslide at the site, and the police and fire service are considering evacuation.
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– People in queues have to get away! – news Vestland
