https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Two German tourists were killed Thursday in an avalanche while on a snowmobile tour in Norway, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.no/20200221/two-german-tourists-killed-in-norway-avalanche Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:13:24 +0100 two-german-tourists-killed-in-norway-avalanche Norwegian authorities have given up hope of finding four Swedish and Finnish skiers alive after they appeared to have been swept away by an avalanche in the Arctic. https://www.thelocal.no/20190104/swedish-and-finnish-skiers-presumed-dead-in-norway-avalanche Fri, 04 Jan 2019 17:06:22 +0100 swedish-and-finnish-skiers-presumed-dead-in-norway-avalanche A man who was caught in an avalanche north of Sweden's highest mountain Kebnekaise has died. https://www.thelocal.no/20180404/kebnekaise-avalanche-kills-norwegian-man Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:47:08 +0200 kebnekaise-avalanche-kills-norwegian-man Over 50 homes have been evacuated in Longyearbyen, the capital of Norway’s Arctic Svalbard Archipelago, after an avalanche crashed through the town, demolishing two buildings. https://www.thelocal.no/20170221/200-evacuated-as-avalanche-hits-arctic-svalbard Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:03:14 +0100 200-evacuated-as-avalanche-hits-arctic-svalbard UPDATED: An avalanche in the Svalbard archipelago in the heart of the Norwegian Arctic claimed a second life Sunday as a child died from injuries sustained in the disaster, authorities said. https://www.thelocal.no/20151219/avalanche-on-svalbard Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:09:35 +0100 avalanche-on-svalbard Norway and its global neighbours must prepare for a dark future after a landmark IPCC Climate Conference in Copenhagen on Sunday revealed the true extent of environmental damage that the world faces. https://www.thelocal.no/20141102/norway-must-react-to-ipcc-climate-report Sun, 02 Nov 2014 20:36:00 +0100 norway-must-react-to-ipcc-climate-report Norway's rescue authorities are close to giving up the search for four skiers who went missing on Monday night, with police admitting that the chances are now minimal that the men will be found alive. https://www.thelocal.no/20140415/chances-minimal-missing-skiers-will-be-found Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:01:00 +0200 chances-minimal-missing-skiers-will-be-found An avalanche in an off-piste ski area killed one person in Tromsoe in Norway's far north on Sunday while a second person escaped unharmed, police said. https://www.thelocal.no/20130325/one-dead-in-norway-avalanche-police Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:24:00 +0100 one-dead-in-norway-avalanche-police An avalanche that claimed the lives of four Swiss hikers and their French guide on Monday was the deadliest snow-slide in Norway in 26 years. https://www.thelocal.no/20120320/five-dead-in-worst-avalanche-since-1986 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:15:00 +0100 five-dead-in-worst-avalanche-since-1986 Five people died, four Swiss and one French, after an avalanche hit an expedition on a mountain in northern Norway on Monday, Norwegian authorities said. https://www.thelocal.no/20120319/six-foreign-tourists-buried-in-avalanche Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:39:00 +0100 six-foreign-tourists-buried-in-avalanche