Seven people were killed in the village of Ask, about 19 miles (30 kilometers) north of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, on December 30. Rescuers, who fought freezing weather in search of survivors, have now turned their mission into a search for bodies.
“It is with great sadness that we now receive the message that there is no hope of finding survivors after the Gjerdrum landslide,” said Solberg on Twitter, referring to the municipality where Ask is located.
“My thoughts go to those who have lost loved ones. I want to thank the rescuers who did everything they could to save lives.”
Norwegian Parliament President Tone Wilhelmsen Trøen called the disaster “a hopeless situation, for the Gjerdrum community and for all of Norway”.
At a news conference near the disaster site, Eastern Police District Police Chief Ida Melbo Øystes said: “In the past week we have done everything in our power to save lives. We have investigated all areas where it was possible to imagine that someone could have survived. “
“But although we have lost hope of finding survivors, the search is not over. Now we are entering another phase to find all the missing,” said Øystes.
The video of the scene shows a collapsed slope that sent mud into the village during the early hours of the morning.