Person missing after avalanche on Kvaløya in Tromsø – news Troms and Finnmark

The person concerned has not been accounted for. The police believe they know approximately where the person is located, – It is very challenging now. We cannot have ground crews up there, at the same time as it is very steep in the area. The weather is also too bad to be able to search from the air now, says task leader on site, Morten Renland. It was around 2 p.m. that a man was caught by an avalanche in very steep terrain at the top of Middagstinden on Kvaløya in Tromsø. – We will try to get into the valley below the mountain with scooters and drones. There have been some landslides, which we will have checked out. It is not very likely that he is there, but then we can at least rule it out, says Renland. Two hours before the police were notified It concerns a tour group of two people who should have been almost at the top of Middagstiden. There, one of them was taken by an avalanche. The comrade was unable to find his friend after the landslide. It was too steep for him to be able to search further. The police were only notified at 4:17 p.m. Operations leader Morten Renland says that there is no coverage in the area where the avalanche has occurred, and that they could therefore not call for help from the mountain. The police and the Red Cross are on the scene. Photo: hans Ludvig Andreassen / news Just before 6 p.m., Kileng says that the rescue helicopter is searching for the landslide on the mountainside, but that nothing has been found. The helicopters have made attempts to move into the area. Photo: Jørn Inge Johansen / news They have located several small landslides in the area in question, but the weather conditions mean that the helicopters are unable to fly in the area. In the meantime, searches are being carried out with drones until conditions improve. Shortly before, another skier was caught by an avalanche on Skittentinden, which is located close to Middagstinden. The skier was transported to the University Hospital of Northern Norway and is said to have suffered broken bones.



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